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What is the origin of extra prepositions added after verbs in Indian English?
It seems that speakers of Indian English often add prepositions to create phrasal verbs in situations where the verb would have been sufficient on its own.
Some examples I have noticed:
to “pass out” ...
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The use of the preposition 'about' in a distinct sense
The ODE defines the preposition about in such a distinct sense that other dictionaries don't:
1.1 So as to affect.
I Just found one example of 'about' used in such a sense: 'there's nothing we can ...
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