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Not exactly a stylistic difference but there are real differences in the dialects. Here's example from many moons ago: "Even I think that's a bad idea." That wa

• V-eHGsd_ 2y ago
  > In a like vein when Australians say "goodeye" they usually aren't talking about your vision. They aren’t saying goodeye, they’re saying g’day (good day)
• ssl-3 2y ago
  Perhaps. Or perhaps it was meant to specify that they, themselves, might have been presumed to be an outlier who would think it was a good idea, but who has in fact come to think that is a bad idea. Examples of this kind of counter-presumptive use of the word "even": 1: On animals and the weather: "It was so cold that even polar bears were suffering from frostbite and frozen digits." 2: On politics, where one's general stance is well-known and who who might be rationally presumed to be a supporter of a particular thing: "Even I think that this issue is a total non-starter." Even if they may have meant something else, that doesn't mean that they didn't intend for the words to be taken non-literally.
  • hodgesrm 2y ago
    In this case it was indeed "also." I've heard it used that way many times. Another common phrase in Indian English is "do the needful," which is a delightful formulation. Grammarly has a plausible description of how it arose. [0] [0] https://www.grammarly.com/blog/idioms/do-the-needful/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/idioms/do-the-needful/