“Please return back the signed document.”
Redundancies Entry 113 / 1011 60-second read
Common Redundancies
ATM machine, added bonus, return back — saying the same thing twice.
The comparisoni
“Please return the signed document.”
The ruleii
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If one word already contains the meaning of the other, drop the extra — 'return' already means…
We add extra words for emphasis without realizing the meaning is already there.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
If you can remove a word and the meaning doesn't change, it's redundant.