Friday 18 February 2011

English Lessons - Indianisms: Do the Needful


Try to avoid using the phrase 'do the needful'. It went out of style a 100 years ago. Using it today indicates you are a dinosaur, a dinosaur with bad grammar.


However, you may use the phrase humourously, to poke fun at such archaic speech, or other dinosaurs.

You can view my complete article on Indianisms at CNNGo: http://www.cnngo.com/mumbai/life/10-indianisms-652344


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