Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them:
REVERT / REVERT BACK
The verb revert in its most common usage means go back. The term revert back, therefore, is redundant.
This verb is not normally used in the sense of returning to a place but rather to a type of behavior or way of doing things.
INCORRECT: Once he got divorced, he reverted back to his old bachelor ways.
CORRECT: Once he got divorced, he reverted to his old bachelor ways.
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