http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Quiet_-_quit_-_quite 2026-05-07T01:01:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.23.2 http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Quiet_-_quit_-_quite&diff=63363&oldid=prev 2015-10-12T23:39:47Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:39, 12 October 2015</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#REDIRECT [[Quit - </del>quiet<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">- </del>quite]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It is surprisingly common to find writers at all levels of education confusing the three words '''quit''', '''</ins>quiet<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''' and '''</ins>quite<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''. This is often the result of tiredness, or boredom, and is simple carelessness. (It is very easy to do on a computer keyboard - and, as all three are standard Englixsh words, unintelligent spell-checkers will accept them.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> Don't do it!</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">*The [[verb]] 'to '''quit'''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt; is an informal way of saying 'stop' (as in 'quit smoking') or 'leave'(as in 'she quit her job'. This usage is now more common in US English than in British. But the word has a very old and respectable place:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">**(''cf.'' 'to requite')</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">**(''cf.'' 'to acquit')</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{wip}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Category:typos]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Category:homographs]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Category:AmE</ins>]]</div></td></tr> </table>

PeterWilson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Quiet_-_quit_-_quite&diff=63360&oldid=prev 2015-10-11T22:59:05Z

<p>PeterWilson moved page <a href="/index.php/Quiet_-_quit_-_quite" title="Quiet - quit - quite">Quiet - quit - quite</a> to <a href="/index.php?title=Quit_-_quiet-_quite&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Quit - quiet- quite (page does not exist)">Quit - quiet- quite</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>#REDIRECT [[Quit - quiet- quite]]</div>

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