Kindly advise
Hello,
I just came across an email with the following sentence
"We shall check the same and revert at the earliest"
Kindly explain why "shall" has been used and not "will" instead.
Also what is the meaning of revert.
Thanks
Top answer
This email is very likely Indian business English, which uses a kind of jargon that may sound odd or quaint to others. ". "revert" means "reply"; this is an Indian English invention that is not used elsewhere.
- This email is very likely Indian business English, which uses a kind of jargon that may sound odd or quaint to others.
- ".
- "revert" means "reply"; this is an Indian English invention that is not used elsewhere.
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This email is very likely Indian business English, which uses a kind of jargon that may sound odd or quaint to others. "We shall ..." is formal or official sounding, perhaps believed by the author to be formally more correct than "We will ....". "revert" means "reply"; this is an Indian English invention that is not used elsewhere.
0"Shall" is used with the pronouns "I" and "we", and "will" is used with the pronouns "he", "she" or "it".
"revert" means to come back/return/reply (with an answer)
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