Stop using "na" in English!

We goin no headings for today(Title not equals heading)!


Usually in an informal conversation (in English) people tend to use the err..I don't even know what/word "na". QUITE OFTEN, which I don't like (or rather anyone of you should). If you still don't get what I mean then here are some examples : "Oh I want this na", "You know na"...I know writing it down here sounds awkward but trust me many of us (in India i.e) use this "na" thingy most of the time! 


"The fact is some people don't even realize it. People just tend to say "na" naturally." I am not even going to listen to this reason. You are learning a language, which after a lot of correct practice should be correct. But if you are practicing 
wrong, then the wrong statement will come out naturally.

I know that bounced straight at 90 degrees on your head. So, allow me to be more lenient:

If you practice English, say, you are learning how to tell someone to go somewhere. One of the proper way would be as follows : Go there, please. Which you will practice and when required that and only that statement will come out naturally, not the latter.
And if you practice it like : Go there na. This statement, which is wrong and improper, will come out naturally when required.
Basically don't blame naturality here.


"Well 'na' is just a slang.." slang for what?! I believe it is used for very casual negative replies, for example : Mom: You want something to eat? Me: Na. But in sentences like You wanna eat na? The na just doesn't fit. It isn't a slang for whatever thing that is in your head. 

Stop using it !!


I know I know the obvious question is W H Y ?


Firstly, I will be honest, you don't look cool while using that. Even if you don't want to look cool, using that thing will only make you look dumb in English if not anything more.


Secondly, it becomes a habit, A BAD ONE. People use it even in text message. They get so professionally trained like Olympic athletes that they can't help using it more and more. Imagine a group chat full of text messages ending with "na". So creepy.


Lastly, it is incorrect English, why learn a wrong thing when you can learn the correct one free of charge? What will it even cost you to remove "na" from your sentences' back. Instead use words like please and thank you at the end of your sentences(now don't go spamming please and thank you in every sentence you use)


Why am I writing about this out of all the topics available in the entire era?


Imagine having a group of people(from India) including me having a casual voice chat with other people from other countries, and only hear "na" at every sentences end from my group (except me of course!). Embarrassment level : POSITIVE INFINTY

I Hope you will put an end to this lineage.
(I know this blog is on the shorter side, but this is what this series is going to be. I will be discussing about the things you should avoid doing, which I don't believe will be as long to read.)




 

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