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   Message 18,912 of 19,505   
   Ross Presser to Erland Sommarskog   
   Re: doubt   
   04 Jun 13 13:34:59   
   
   From: rpresser@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, June 4, 2013 4:24:25 PM UTC-4, Erland Sommarskog wrote:   
   > Ross Presser (rpresser@gmail.com) writes:   
   > > Can I please have the address of the scholastic organization in   
   > > India who is responsible for Indians using the word "doubt"   
   > > when they mean "question"?   
   >   
   > It is necessarily not an error. Even if the language is called English,   
   > the usage is different in the US, the UK, India, Australia etc. For   
      
   You're right; it *was* a rather reactionary statement (in terms of   
   language usage). I apologize.   
      
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