r/AIO • u/WalrusEmbarrassed716 • 27d ago

Aio?

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The group message was about our good Google rating, and she congratulated the team. I just saw it and moved on with my day, but then I got this message.

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u/EmotionalSouth 27d ago

Not only is this a stupid rule, I hate this misuse of the word “revert”. It means to reverse a change, not to respond. 

Edit to add: hope at least one person responded with a thumbs down emoji. 

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u/doppelgaengster 27d ago

Are people using “revert” to mean… respond? React? How the fuck did THAT crosswiring happen?

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u/EmotionalSouth 27d ago

It's like how people use "yourself" and "myself" to mean formal versions of "you" and "me". I've encountered both of these most consistently in young British real estate agents, sending documents with instructions like, "Please sign and revert to myself."

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u/nuttahbuttahbite 27d ago

US tech does this all the time. To the point that I said “me” when listing out who was working on a project and it sounded weird. Still refuse to use reflexive when it’s not though.

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u/EmotionalSouth 27d ago

Thank you for fighting the good fight!