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Twenty seconds each. The everyday slips almost every Indian speaker makes — and exactly what to say instead.
That was “Cousin brother”
✗He is my cousin brother.
✓He is my cousin.
In English, cousin already means the child of your uncle or aunt — male or female. There is no cousin brother and no cousin sister.
And a “real brother” is just your brother. The extra word does not add respect; it only marks the speaker as a learner.
That was “Close the light”
✗Close the light.
✓Turn off the light.
You close a door and a window. You turn off a light and a fan.
Doors and windows: open, close. Lights and fans: turn on, turn off. So it is “switch on the fan” — never “open the fan”.
That was “Today morning”
✗Today morning I woke up late.
✓This morning I woke up late.
There is no “today morning” in English. It is this morning.
Today night → tonight. Yesterday night → last night. These time phrases are one of the fastest giveaways in spoken English, and one of the easiest things to fix.
That was “Revert back”
✗Please revert back to me.
✓Please get back to me.
Revert means to return to a previous state. It does not mean reply.
And “revert back” is doubly wrong, because revert already contains the back. Say “please get back to me”, or simply “please reply”.
That was “Do the needful”
✗Kindly do the needful.
✓Please approve this by Friday.
It is the most common sign-off in Indian office mail, and it tells the reader nothing.
Outside India, most people genuinely do not know what you are asking them to do. Say exactly what you want done — and by when.
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