Talk:Hindi imposition

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet talk 16:22, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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• ... that the term One Nation, One Language has been used to justify the imposition of Hindi? Source: https://theprint.in/yourturn/subscriberwrites-the-answer-to-one-language-in-india-is-not-imposition-of-hindi-but-acceptance-of-diversity/983246/
  • Reviewed: 3rd nomination

Created by Karnataka (talk). Self-nominated at 15:49, 21 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Hindi imposition in India; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

• Article is new enough and long enough. Hook is interesting and well-cited. There are some prose issues that make portions hard to read – notably the opening sentence, which is difficult to parse: "of which is the preference of the use"? Rectify that and it should be ready to go. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 23:37, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

• Krisgabwoosh thank you so much for your review, I think the rest of the prose is okay but I'll be happy to try to fix it if you can point out specifically which sentences need to be changed. Evidently I had difficulty phrasing the first sentence, I attempted to rewrite it and then ran it through Grammarly so I think it should be okay now. — Karnataka ^talk 23:58, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

• Prefect. I've gone ahead and done some of my own copyedits where I thought necessary; feel free to make appropriate changes in corrections if I misinterpreted any of the text. Beyond that, this hook is good to go. Krisgabwoosh (talk) 02:41, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

• Noting here that the title was changed from Hindi imposition in India to Hindi imposition — Karnataka ^talk 12:46, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

First sentence

I don't think the first sentence is worded in the best way possible:

"Hindi imposition is a form of linguistic imperialism in which the use of Hindi is preferred over Indian states that do not use or desire to use Hindi as a regional language."

Specifically, it doesn't make sense grammatically to say that "the use of Hindi is preferred over Indian states that do not use or desire to use Hindi as a regional language". Maybe it should say "the use of Hindi is preferred/mandatory/whatever in states that do not use or desire to use Hindi as a regional language", or "states that use Hindi as a regional language are preferred over states that do not", etc. But to say that use of a language "is preferred over" a state just doesn't sound right grammatically. "Preferred over" indicates a comparison, and those two noun phrases are not comparable. 70.181.1.68 (talk) 20:46, 22 September 2023 (UTC)