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#2 (permalink) Sun Feb 03, 2008 15:00 pm Usage quit instead of leave |
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Hi,
'Quit' is not usually used for leaving people but more often with places and jobs as in: Quit school (in the sense of stop going to school and starting work), quit your job (go to another job).
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#3 (permalink) Wed Apr 03, 2013 7:12 am Usage quit instead of leave |
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Hi Teachers,
why give up is not correct here? Could anyone give up his wife/husband?
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#4 (permalink) Wed Apr 03, 2013 10:21 am Usage quit instead of leave |
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No, they couldn't. You don't give up a person. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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#5 (permalink) Wed Apr 03, 2013 11:35 am To give up smb |
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Hi Beeesneees,
I'm sorry but my dictionary says me that I can say The woman gave up her lover to save her marriage. Is it not right?
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#6 (permalink) Thu May 16, 2013 7:53 am Usage quit instead of leave |
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Hi Teachers,
What about my previous message
Quote: | ...my dictionary says me that I can say The woman gave up her lover to save her marriage. Is it not right? |
? That is, it's possible to say about not only inanimate objects, isn't it?
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#7 (permalink) Thu May 16, 2013 8:31 am Usage quit instead of leave |
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Yes, but not in the context of the test question. It cannot be used in place of 'left'. _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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