Here’s a quirk found in southern India – ‘that and all’:
Ex:
1. That and all, I don’t know.
2. That and all, you have to ask your other teacher.
3. That and all, I don’t like.
Better forms:
1. I don’t know all that.
2. You have to ask your other teacher, such things.
3. I don’t like such things.
Consider using ‘all that’ / ‘such things’ instead of ‘That and all’.
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