Funnily enough, "do the needful" is proper English. It is too proper. It comes from mid-19th century British English, which was used to design templates for fo

Funnily enough, "do the needful" is proper English. It is too proper. It comes from mid-19th century British English, which was used to design templates for formal letter writing in India. These artifacts have remained as part of Indian English, but died as part of British and American English. [1] https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2016/09/doing-needful.html https://katherinebarber.blogspot.com/2016/09/doing-needful.h...