“the same (as a pronoun)”
Use “it”, “this” or “them”: “Please review it and confirm.” “The same” as a pronoun sounds stiff and legal to listeners outside India.
Updated · Loista team
Understood across India
Please review the same and confirm.
Travels further
- Please review it and confirm.
- Please review this and confirm.
Why it lands differently
“The same” for “it” survives in contracts and old business letters. Outside them, readers abroad have to look back to work out what “the same” refers to, and the message sounds formal for no reason.
When it's fine
In Indian business letters and legal documents, where it's a standard formula.
Try it out loud
Read each line, say a version that travels out loud, then open it to compare. Any version that's clear to a listener abroad counts.
I've received your invoice and will process the same.
I've received your invoice and will process it.
The meeting is at 4. Please inform the team of the same.
The meeting is at 4. Please let the team know.
Find the files attached and share the same with the client.
I've attached the files. Please share them with the client.
Practise saying it, not just reading it
Loista gives you a realistic speaking prompt and specific feedback on your answer, then a retry focused on one thing, so you can hear whether it landed.
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