Indian English: An Examination of the Errors of Idiom Made by Indians in Writing English |
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... social reform is " not yet well - understood , " we might say that it is " still not well- understood . " Now in the next example : - ( 40 ) Society is yet unready to cope with the call of reform . " Unreadiness to cope etc. , " is the ...
... social reform is " not yet well - understood , " we might say that it is " still not well- understood . " Now in the next example : - ( 40 ) Society is yet unready to cope with the call of reform . " Unreadiness to cope etc. , " is the ...
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... ( social reform ) was regarded is slowly subsiding , giving place to a better understanding of things . The sentence is all wrong . The writer cannot mean that social reform was regarded with impiety , nor that impiety is subsiding . No ...
... ( social reform ) was regarded is slowly subsiding , giving place to a better understanding of things . The sentence is all wrong . The writer cannot mean that social reform was regarded with impiety , nor that impiety is subsiding . No ...
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... social reform what is most needed is enthusiasm . This idiom is logical and is Indian , but it is not English . We should have to say " In questions of social reform , unlike industrial subjects etc. " ( 63 ) Unlike in India they had no ...
... social reform what is most needed is enthusiasm . This idiom is logical and is Indian , but it is not English . We should have to say " In questions of social reform , unlike industrial subjects etc. " ( 63 ) Unlike in India they had no ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 5 |
CHAPTER II | 11 |
No article used where the indefinite article | 31 |
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Common terms and phrases
abstract action adjective adverb appear applied bear better called carrying cause character clause comes comparative comparison conjunction connection convey correct course definite article desire difficulty distinction doubt effect English error example expression fact feeling force gerund give given Government hand Hindu hope idiom indefinite Indian indicated infinitive instance intended interest intransitive introduced kind language least Lord matter means meant mentioned merely mind mistake native natural negative never noun object occasion omitted particular pass past perhaps person phrase plural position practice preceding predication preposition present pronoun proper qualifies question reference reform regarded rule seems sense sentence social speak stands substituted suggests taken tense term thing transitive usually verb whole wish word writer wrong