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	<description>Guidance for Indian English speakers and writers</description>
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		<title>Like that only</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s look at instances of valid English that would not make sense outside India. Consider this dialogue in India: Q. Why did you do that? A. Like that only. A. Just like that. Even an Indian knows that the answer makes no sense, but lots of people continue to talk like that. What would happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punjabi beer can lead to tears</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a function today, the emcee said, &#8220;Please bear with us while we wait for &#8230;&#8221; but it sounded like &#8220;Please beer with us &#8230;&#8221; I have heard a few Punjabis pronounce &#8220;wear&#8221; as &#8220;weir&#8221;, so it seems that some misguided teacher has created this confusion among thousands of Punjabis. My guess is that when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment or कमेन्ट?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another common mispronunciation (मिसप्रोंन्सीऐशन) Incorrect: कमेन्ट Correct: कॉमेन्ट (Emphasis in bold) The &#8220;co&#8221; has a कॉ sound, not क. Isn&#8217;t English confusing?]]></description>
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		<title>Develop, developer, development</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a commonly mispronounced set of words among the IT community in India. Develop Incorrect: डेवलप डेवलोप (emphasis in bold) Correct: डिवेलप (all syllables with equal emphasis) Developer Incorrect: डेवलपर डेवलोपर (emphasis in bold) Correct: डिवेलपर (all syllables with equal emphasis) Development: Incorrect: डेवलपमेंट डेवलोपमेंट (emphasis in bold) Correct: डिवेलपमेंट (all syllables with equal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upgradation &#8211; there is no such word</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English Usage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finextra reported on a Reserve Bank of India document that says in part,: The working group further goes on to recommend that the RBI &#8220;consider moving over to chip based cards along with requiring upgradation of necessary infrastructure like ATMs/POS terminals in this regard in a phased manner&#8221;. The RBI is not by any means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdated, albeit valid English</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British left India in 1947, but much of the English phraseology still used in India is possibly over 100 years old, if not more. While there is nothing wrong with that &#8212; Americans also use a lot of words left by the British in 1773 and abandoned later in the UK &#8212; you need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Indiya?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot see this changing anytime soon. I think from its inception, Air India&#8217;s transliteration in Devanagari has always been एअर इंडिया &#8211; see the logo. Air India&#8217;s website could have been such a rich archive of old photographs, but it&#8217;s under construction and slow to load. I could not find old photographs that showed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Errors in official guidelines &#8211; ICAI Guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.improvemyenglish.in/grammar/errors-in-official-guidelines-icai-guidelines-37.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many English errors can you cram into a single document? Ask the ICAI. I saw a post that asked for a technical interpretation of the following document: GUIDELINES FOR PERMITTING THE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS/FIRMS OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS TO POST THEIR PARTICULARS AT WEBSITE For what it&#8217;s worth, it is refreshing to contrast these guidelines with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Devanagari in WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 05:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some old posts elsewhere that tell you how to view (and write) Devanagari posts in WordPress. Mostly they say you should enable FireFox as follows: Tools &#62; Options &#62; Content &#62; Default Font Times New Roman &#62; Advanced &#62; Western &#62; Default Character Encoding = Unicode (UTF-8) If only it were that easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>V or W?</title>
		<link>http://www.improvemyenglish.in/pronunciation/v-or-w-18.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 04:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admino</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pronunciation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Indian languages (at least the North Indian ones) have only one letter &#8220;wa&#8221; (व) to cover the letters V and W, therefore many Indians mispronounce words that contain the letter &#8220;v&#8221;. The &#8220;wa&#8221; sound is made with the lips forming a circle as you open the mouth. The &#8220;va&#8221; sound requires you to place your [...]]]></description>
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