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Mr. Tom Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of 'return back'

Hi

I assume that return back is not redundancy here and is natural English? Can you please give your take?

Then the tail returns back to its normal size.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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The word 'back' is redundant in that sentence and in any other context I can think of after 'returns'.

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  • The word 'back' is redundant in that sentence and in any other context I can think of after 'returns'.
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The word 'back' is redundant in that sentence and in any other context I can think of after 'returns'.

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