English/Speech Department / Orchard Ridge Campus

 

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Commonly Misused Words

 

quite



quiet
 


quit

adjective “rather”

EXAMPLE: His actions at the ball game were quite strange.

noun: “no sound”

EXAMPLE: They spent a quiet evening watching television.

verb: “to stop”

EXAMPLE: Quit blaming your brother for your problems.

 

quote



quotation

a verb

EXAMPLE: I will quote Abraham Lincoln in my introduction.

a noun

EXAMPLE:
I will use a quotation from Abraham Lincoln in my introduction.

 

 

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