Tuesday, 26 July 2011

You cannot ‘return back’.

”I’ve been busy watching the World Cup matches. Since I stay up all night and watch the games, I have a long nap after I return back from school.”
The usage ‘return back’ in the above sentence is wrong. You don’t have to say `return back’. Just `return’ will do.

Example: The Vice Chancellor will return from Nagpur on Thursday.\

Source: ‘Know Your English’ ( The Hindu) – June 19, 2006

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