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Who among the following Indian poets gives Indian English its special flavour largely through error?

Nissim Ezekiel famously captured the distinctive idiom and grammatical quirks ('Babu English', such as excessive use of the present progressive tense) of Indian speakers in…

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Who among the following Indian poets gives Indian English its special flavour largely through error?

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Nissim Ezekiel famously captured the distinctive idiom and grammatical quirks ('Babu English', such as excessive use of the present progressive tense) of Indian speakers in his 'Very Indian Poems in Indian English' (e.g., 'The Patriot', 'Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.').

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