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Doubt
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Eosian Wrote:Doubt means uncertainty, not question; In the context you've given the speaker is stating they are uncertain pf the parameters they've been given and wish for clarification/elaboration.

I've always thought it was more a European English thing than an English as a Second Language one.

This

SaptaZapta Wrote:Indians *are* native speakers, of their own English dialect.

And this.

The Indians as a country rapidly expanding it's english speaking populace will develop in some sense a bit of their own english colloquialism, as well as adopiting many of those native to the source of the language. Heads up, it's not america.

In a technical sense, the usage is not incorrect.
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Doubt - by Spaz - 2011-01-15, 11:59 PM
Doubt - by Kalovale - 2011-01-16, 02:47 AM
Doubt - by SaptaZapta - 2011-01-16, 03:23 AM
Doubt - by Spaz - 2011-01-16, 01:35 PM
Doubt - by Loose - 2011-01-16, 06:19 PM
Doubt - by Shidoshi - 2011-01-16, 06:22 PM
Doubt - by Eos - 2011-01-16, 07:17 PM
Doubt - by Five Second Pose - 2011-01-16, 10:12 PM
Doubt - by ChaosH - 2011-01-16, 10:31 PM
Doubt - by Kalovale - 2011-01-17, 03:19 AM
Doubt - by octopusprime - 2011-01-18, 06:29 AM

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