Indianism Indianism is a term exclusive to Indian English. 1.

Do the needful Do the needful is very old-fashioned English, It went out of style decades ago, about the time the British left. This term is outdated all over the world except in India. Examples: I have done the needful. Incorrect I have done what is necessary or needed. Correct Please do the needful. - Incorrect Please do what is necessary or needed. - Correct Please do the needful to attend the mentioned training. Incorrect Please do what is necessary to attend the meeting. - Correct My computer's broken. Please do the needful. - Incorrect My computer is broken. Please look into this. - Correct I have sent you an email. Read it and do the needful. Incorrect I have sent you an email. Read the email and do what is necessary. Correct I am very hungry. Please do the needful. - Incorrect I am very hungry. Please make me a sandwich. Correct 2. Kindly revert In Standard English, Revert means to return to a former state. Examples: Kindly revert back to me. - Incorrect Please reply to me. Correct Kindly revert back for any clarification. - Incorrect Please contact us should you need assistance to proceed from here. Correct Please feel free to call us for clarifications. Correct Please revert at the earliest. - Incorrect Please reply at the earliest. Correct 3. Reply back The use of reply back is wrong because it contains a redundancy. The word reply means to say something back. The meaning of the word back is already contained in reply, so there is no need to use them together. Examples: Please reply back as soon as possible. - Incorrect Please reply as soon as possible. Correct Ill reply back to the email. - Incorrect I will reply to the email. Correct 4. Prepone Prepone is one of a few words that we Indians have created for our own convenience. Apparently, this phrase has become so popular that its even been added to a few dictionaries! Examples: I have preponed the meeting. - Incorrect I have rescheduled the meeting to . Correct 5. Please do XYZ without fail

Here, Please is a request and without fail is an order. Examples: Kindly attend the meeting without fail. Incorrect Kindly attend the meeting. Please do not fail me in this. Correct 6. Please intimate me To intimate is a rare verb meaning to inform someone privately. Examples: Please intimate me. - Incorrect Please inform me. Correct 7. Do one thing Do one thing is the direct translation of Ek kaam karo and this usage is incorrect. One thing can be ten things, but it is still one thing. Examples: Scenario: My computer keeps getting hung. Indian Usage: Do one thing. Clear your history. Delete your cookies. Defrag your hard drive. Run a virus check. Restart your computer. Correct Usage: Do the following: Clear your history. Delete your cookies. Defrag your hard drive. Run a virus check. Restart your computer. Do one thing. Take a left turn there. - Incorrect You can take a left turn there. Correct Lets do one thing, lets order both veg and non-veg. - Incorrect Lets order Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian. Correct Do one thing, set the headline in Times New Roman. - Incorrect You can set the headline in Times New Roman. Correct

8. Out of Station Out of Station is widely used in India which is incorrect. Examples: If you loose your card or it stops working and you happen to be out of station, then you cannot apply for a new card. - Incorrect If you loose your card or it stops working and you happen to be out of town, then you cannot apply for a new card. Correct He is out of station. - Incorrect He is out of town. Correct 9. Discuss about The word discuss means to talk about. There is no need to insert the word about after discuss. Examples: What shall we discuss about today? - Incorrect What shall we discuss today? Correct Lets discuss about the issues. - Incorrect Lets discuss the issues. Correct

10. Order for When you order something, you order it, you do not order for it. Examples: Ordering for Pizza. - Incorrect Ordering Pizza. Correct Ill order for Pizza. - Incorrect Ill order Pizza. Correct How to order for Pizza? - Incorrect How to order Pizza. Correct 10. Can be able to Both can and able to hold the same meaning. Examples: I can be able to do it. - Incorrect I will be able to do it. Correct I can do it. Correct You can be able to understand. - Incorrect You will be able to understand. Correct You can understand. Correct I can be able to communicate in English with people all over the world. - Incorrect I am able to communicate in English with people all over the world. Correct I will be able to communicate in English with people all over the world. Correct Examples of more incorrect sentences are given below 1. Me and my friend 2. Mr. Smith please have little patience. 3. Mrs. Mary, How are you today? 4. I am here only. 5. She did it itself. 6. He himself did the work. 7. I will return it back to you. 8. Please revert back. 9. I had an operation three years back. 10. Dont worry sir, I will satisfy you. 11. Please be online for a moment while.. 12. I did not took it. 13. I did not knew it. 14. I am loving it. 15. You are going. Is it? 16. The food is bad it seems. 17. I myself did it. 18. Sorry, I beg your pardon. 19. This work is more easier than that. 20. I have a terrific headache. 21. Prepone the meeting. 22. He is unconfident about his skills. 23. Run quickly quickly or you will miss the bus. 24. Eat slowly slowly. 25. The sky is so blue blue today. 26. Until you do not eat, I will not go from here.

27. I am a nonveg. 28. I am a veg. 29. When I was doing my schooling. 30. When is your happy birthday? 31. Are you coming for the happy New Year party? 32. She interrupted in between the meeting. 33. I have a Stepney in my car. 34. My would-be is from Bangalore . 35. Eve-teasing is very common in many cities across India . 36. She performs many charities. 37. Let us discuss about this. 38. They did it, no? 39. He is here, isnt it? 40. She closed the door, did she? 41. He does this always. 42. A question. Didnt you take Rita to school? 43. May be answered with: Yes, I didnt. 44. I only told her to do that. 45. She had so much of work to do that 46. Lets go out for some ice-cream-vice- cream. 47. Seriously, she is a good person. 48. What is your good name? 49. My cousin-brother is younger than my cousin-sister. Indians often make very common mistakes in English grammar. I even make many mistakes. Some examples are here: 1-I am very much pleased to see you. correct- I am very please to see you. 2-I went to the stadium for plying football. C- I went to the stadium to play football. 3-What to do? I think, it's wrong but I am not sure. ( correct- What am I do?) 4-He talks English very well. C- he speaks English very well. 5-My birth date is 29th August. C-My date of birth is 29th August. 6-The water is good for drinking. C- The water is good to drink. 7-I came here for the purpose to learn English. C-I come here for the purpose of learning English. 8-My family members have gone to the New Delhi. C-Members of my family have gone to the New Delhi.

9-He is an England return professor. C-The professor has been return to England. ( Not sure ) 10- Are you still try to learning Hindi. c- Are you still trying to learn Hindi. ( Not sure.)