Know Your English (May 2001)

Know your English

Is it O.K to say, ``What class are you reading?''

Although one hears this question very often in India, it is however not acceptable in standard English. ``What class are your reading?'' is a translation of how we ask the question in our mother tongue. Native speakers of English would probably say, ``What class are you in?'' or ``What class are you studying in?''

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``Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow they may cancel your VISA.'' Anon


Source:
The Hindu daily, Tuesday, May 01, 2001