Hi,
Are Revert to you and get back to you the same? Which one is more cool/formal?
So, for example: I have been so busy, I will revert to you shortly or I willget back to you shortly.
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@Cristi posted:Are Revert to you and get back to you the same? Which one is more cool/formal?
So, for example: I have been so busy, I will revert to you shortly or I willget back to you shortly.
Hi, Cristi—It is "reply," NOT "revert," that means the same thing as "get back to." "Get back to" is informal but very common, even in business correspondence.
Thanks David, so in the email if someone says, I will revert to you shortly, what does it mean? I got this from my solicitor?
@Cristi posted:Thanks David, so in the email if someone says, I will revert to you shortly, what does it mean? I got this from my solicitor?
Hi, Cristi—Does your solicitor speak English? If so, what is his or her nationality?
Hello David,
I often get lots of email even from native speakers, they use the word "revert" which I think it means "reply".
Another email that I received recently, it says this:
We have a meeting scheduled tomorrow to discuss the matters and expect to revert to you shortly . So I think it means "reply" I think. Do you have any comments on this?
@Cristi posted:I often get lots of email even from native speakers, they use the word "revert" which I think it means "reply".
Another email that I received recently, it says this:
We have a meeting scheduled tomorrow to discuss the matters and expect to revert to you shortly . So I think it means "reply" I think. Do you have any comments on this?
Hi, Cristi—What part of the world are these people writing to you from? Do you or your e-mail correspondents live in India, by any chance? No one with whom I have ever corresponded uses "revert" to mean "reply." That said, the twelfth and final definition of "revert" in the Oxford English Dictionary is this:
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12. intransitive. Chiefly Indian English. To answer in speech or writing; to reply. Often regarded as erroneous by usage writers.
1973 Times of India 14 Feb. 9/7 (advt.) Interested clients wishing to discuss applications..personally may kindly revert to undersigned immediately.2002 Africa News (Nexis) 26 June Kindly revert to me soonest, as we intend to hold the programme by the end of June 2002.2010 A. Bhattacharya Some of Whole 66 I wanted to refuse his request but before I could revert, he had almost walked into my room.