Re: on "May I know who is calling?"
by Vikas bhutda on Apr 16, 2013 06:09 PM
What is "Could I know"? The sentence is improper. Could is past tense of Can in the first place which shows ability to do something. You can know somebody's name if you and only you wish to. If you are asking for someones name then May is the correct word.
All these smart folks who use English in an un-English way are trying their best to identify themselves as a hip America following generation. What they do not understand is that trying to be both British English and American English speakers has very funny or rather incredible consequences. An important aspect is the use of tenses and prepositions correctly. I also get my prepositions wrong at times but not tenses. I guess we need to speak a language as it should be.
I have heard of the "can able" and "gonna" stuff many a times. The latter is also called "Cool".
Bottomline- We need to feel good in our own shoes. Not ape others and make fools of ourselves.
Re: The problem is trying to be English and American at the same
by Shownak on Feb 20, 2014 11:26 AM
That's the bottomline! Having worked in a BPO catering to US people and conditioned to get used to American ways and manners, it is really humourous to hear people speaking half-baked pseudo-US-pseudo-British English with a liberal sprinkling of local ingredients. Gaining command over a language is different from gaining skin-deep knowledge of the same.
Do you want to reconsider your sentence in the 8th point, "This is something most of us have studied and practiced over and over again in school."? There seems to be a repetition in this sentence.
in any language , when used by other tha n natives, there bound to be mistakes which are pardonable and can be ignore d if gthemeaning is conveyed to the addressee
"Revert" means "To go back to previous state". Most of the time, I have seen people using 'back' with 'revert'. eg-> Please revert back. which is incorrect. It should be 'Please revert'
Re: Common mistake while using the word
by raja r on Apr 02, 2013 01:18 PM
Similarly, enclosed herewith is commonly used which should be enclosed only. Another mistake is using 'Concerned official'.It should be official concerned as concerned official means worried official.
Re: Common mistake while using the word
by Ketan Shetty on Apr 02, 2013 09:37 PM
Sounds unusual to hear someone to say - please revert.. Means like please go back to your previous state ?!!
