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Use of ‘had’ in Indian English
Soon after she encountered the experience while proceeding to New Delhi, the Thoothukudi MP had tweeted, “Today at the airport a CISF officer asked me if I am an Indian, when I asked her to speak to ...
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Can "triage an issue" mean "debug an issue"? [duplicate]
In the context of my office environment (a tech giant), I often see folks using the word triage as a substitute for debugging an issue. Statements like
We are still triaging the issue...
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Is "to do well" used more frequently in India?
When I talk to Indians on line, I have the impression that they use the expression (compound verb?) "to do well" a lot. Is it only an impression of mine, or is that expression more frequently used in ...
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"The mixture was added water": Is "add" a double-object verb?
The mixture was added water.
This sentence, written by a non-native speaker, seems somehow odd to me, but I cannot say that I find it at all ambiguous. This example sentence is written by a speaker ...
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Felicitated- pragmatics and connotations
This sentence from a major Indian daily amused me:
The mother of a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) constable, who
died in the line of duty in Jammu and Kashmir, was
felicitated at the 65th ...
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Can "casted" be the past tense of "cast"?
'The Hindu,' an Indian daily, reports:
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely casted his vote at Chimanbhai Patel Institute opposite Karnavati club.
Does the verb cast have a form as ...
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Is "give an exam" grammatical for "writing the answers to exam"?
Amongst North Indian Students, the phrase "give an exam" is very popular. These students use the phrase to describe the act of writing the answers to examination questions.
The reason being, in Hindi,...
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Can 'revert' be used as a synonym of 'reply'?
I am a native speaker of American English, and I have only ever heard this usage of the word revert from one person. This person is not a native English speaker (he is from India), so he may just be ...
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Is "prepone" being used outside India?
Prepone is a great word - it's the opposite of postpone. When you prepone a meeting, you change its scheduled time so that it occurs sooner than originally planned. Has this usage spread beyond India? ...
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