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Look up "do the needful". It's not a myth, just regional.

• zeropoint46 5y ago
  Oh man this is a flashback to a previous job that I did not need.
• gundmc 5y ago
  I've heard this phrase used by non-native English speakers, but are you suggesting it comes from practicing within a particular domain? If so, which?
  • atatatat 5y ago
    Garbage-tier S Pacific IT industry contractors.
  • dharmab 5y ago
    It's an old British English phrasing that is still used in many former British colonies. For example, India.
• nerdponx 5y ago
  Also using "doubt" as synonymous with "question". There was a pretty interesting cluster of threads here on HN a while ago about English in business environments with lots of anecdotes about learning English in various "non-English" societies.