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We are like that only

October 9th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

I guess adding “only” for emphasis is part of Indian English. I think we have this emphasis adding words in all Indian languages. Hence it probably is part of the way we think.

Are you coming to the class?
Yeah! I am going there only!

Where do you get this biscuit?
In the same shop only!

Is there any other way to express the same emphasis in English? Or is it like this only?

  1. prasad
    prasad
    October 20th, 2009 at 23:42 | #1

    I’m just going there will be more accurate.

  2. December 19th, 2009 at 06:39 | #2

    Interesting observation. I think “Just” is a possible replacement for “Only”.

    We are just like this.
    instead of
    We are like this only.

    See this link for more mistakes done in Indian English.

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