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 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5533 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes  Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 9 of 13 19 February 2012 at 12:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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"In studies, 44% of CHANTIX users were quit during weeks 9 to 12 of treatment (compared
to 18% on sugar pill)." I'm a native speaker, and the first several times I read this, it sounded like an editing error. But I think fiziwig has it: They're treating "quit" as a state. If I try to read it that way, it makes perfect sense to my ear, though it still sounds like medical jargon and legalese. I've occasionally worked on medical education software related to smoking cessation, and I can easily imagine a doctor or drug rep (drug company representative) saying this. "Quit of" is pretty, but it sounds slightly archaic to my ear. I don't think I've ever heard it used in American speech. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| balou67 Triglot Newbie France Joined 5233 days ago 15 posts - 31 votes Speaks: French*, Esperanto, English Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese | Message 10 of 13 21 February 2012 at 10:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Some of you interested in french might like to read this modest piece of info.
« Être quitte » : When someone saved your life few years ago, and you just saved his/her life, you tell him/her « Nous sommes quittes ! ». It works just as well when paying back a debt. « En être quitte pour… » : « J’en suis quitte pour une amende/un plâtre/une grosse frayeur » means that you had luck, you got by, only having to pay a fine/to have a cast/been frightened (i.e. it could have been worse). Those are the two most seen usages, I’ve met the simple « je suis quitte » on the web while checking what I write here, but I don’t think I’ve already heard it in real life. Uncommon but understandable though. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6553 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 11 of 13 22 February 2012 at 12:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Of those that were quit, how many stayed quit?
This would be the true measure of the research success and not marketing spiel. I'm sure I've read "They were quit" (as in "of each other"). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4910 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German | Message 12 of 13 22 February 2012 at 8:01am | IP Logged | ||
I don't think you'd hear it in any speech in the English language. But I can't recall coming across quit used in this way without the of. All the examples I've seen in dictionaries use the of. This article sums up the evidence pretty well. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4669 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 13 of 13 22 February 2012 at 8:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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''quit kwɪt ♫ adjective (chiefly pred.). Also †quite. ME.
1 Free, clear, rid, (of, from). ME. R. L. Stevenson If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a…scoundrel.'' (Shorter OED, 2007) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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