Am I the only attorney in America who refuses to use “revert” to mean “to respond” in emails? It makes my brain hurt.

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I respond using “will review and revert” all the time. I do international transactional work. I just do it because it is stupid but makes it look like I’m doing something.

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Um, hardly. I only ever heard “revert” from foreign associates.

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I hear revert used with transactional work but have never heard it used in litigation.

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I hear it in transactions referring to drafts.

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I'll get back to you soon. Feel better now?

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Revert? Never seen this used before. Pls fix.

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You need to put a trigger warning on this comment. "Pls fix" gives me hives.

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Definitely common in transactional correspondence to mean “get back to you” as well as in transactional editing to mean “return text to its state before an edit” (akin to “stet”).

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I only ever see revert in emails in FCPA investigations (of employees of foreign companies under investigation).

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