No train operating company bosses were prepared to criticise the confusion publicly. But off-record, some are exasperated by a perceived lack of leadership.

In short, they tend to present Indian English as nothing more than standard English with a select collection of lexical peculiarities tacked on, as it were, many of which would be regarded as errors by prescriptivist language scholars.

to unearth a secret

As part of the restoration of the house, they took up the carpeting and left the hardwood floors exposed.