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Questions related to the English language as it is spoken and written across the Indian Subcontinent in the South-Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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What is the history of the Indian English usage of "doubt" to mean "question"?
The root of this usage can perhaps be traced to one Indian word: Shankaa. The word Shankaa does represent doubt with the sense as in British English. However, it does get used to convey one more sense …
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