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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

return

Hello,

1. Please return back before 7 o'clock.

IS the above sentence correct?

2. Please don't talk so aloud.

Why the use of "aloud" is not possible here?
  

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1. "return back" is redundant. Please return before 7 or Please come back by 7 .

  • 1.
  • "return back" is redundant.
  • Please return before 7 or Please come back by 7 .
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  • Aloud doesn't have a comparison.
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1. "return back" is redundant. Please return before 7 or Please come back by 7.

2. Aloud doesn't have a comparison. Please don't talk aloud (i.e., so that you can be heard at all) or perhaps Please don't talk so loudly.

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