Revert Vs Reply

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"i will revert back to you shortly"

Hi teachers, may I know the above phrase is grammatically correct?
 

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If you capitalize the "I" that begins the sentence, it is grammatically OK.

It's not semantically OK, at least not in AmE or BrE.

Revert | Define Revert at Dictionary.com

There is no definition of "revert" that means to "reply."

This is used, I have learned here, in some Indian dialects, but I would consider it an error.
 

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No sentence (it's not a phrase) can be grammatically correct if it doesn't begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark.

No definition of revert means reply.

'I will reply shortly.'
'I will get back to you shortly.'

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I see, thank you for your reply.
 

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"i will revert back to you shortly"

Hi teachers, may I know the above phrase is grammatically correct?

I have heard South Asian speakers use it, but it's not used in many variants of English. Is it used in Singapore?
 
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