query: is the expression "do the needful" acceptable to native English speakers?
positive_passages.docid: 150465
positive_passages.text: "Do the needful" -- Why is it used instead of asking a question?
negative_passages.docid: 14757
negative_passages.text: Must had vs must have
negative_passages.docid: 53155
negative_passages.text: Using bare infinitive after 'does'
negative_passages.docid: 98584
negative_passages.text: English Conditionals and "would"
negative_passages.docid: 98158
negative_passages.text: Usage of 'should' versus 'would'
negative_passages.docid: 23936
negative_passages.text: Is it appropriate to use short form of "have" ('ve) when it means possession?
negative_passages.docid: 116884
negative_passages.text: Use of shall with "I and we"
negative_passages.docid: 149769
negative_passages.text: A special use of "should"?
negative_passages.docid: 37500
negative_passages.text: When should one use "should" and when should one use "must"?
negative_passages.docid: 557
negative_passages.text: Should I use the past tense with did?
negative_passages.docid: 157640
negative_passages.text: Present Perfect: Yes or No?
negative_passages.docid: 155297
negative_passages.text: Do you use/Are you using
negative_passages.docid: 17850
negative_passages.text: "Assist someone do" vs. "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"
negative_passages.docid: 99111
negative_passages.text: Question about probable fixed use of "what do you do?" and "how do you do?"
negative_passages.docid: 98820
negative_passages.text: I have "a doubt" about whether this phrase is acceptable English
negative_passages.docid: 61173
negative_passages.text: Meaning of 'should have' in sentences
negative_passages.docid: 144696
negative_passages.text: Is the phrase "please kindly" redundant?