"Quote"; noun or verb?
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Topic: "Quote"; noun or verb?
Posted By: goose
Subject: "Quote"; noun or verb?
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 12:14
| Inspired by how the last grammatical poll was replied to so good. |
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 12:36
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Both obviously. Feel free to use quotes,quote and be quoted in quote unquotes.
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and an annoying interjection!
Posted By: Radioactive Toy
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 12:36
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 12:37
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It's not technically a noun, despite having slipped into common usage. It should always be "quotation". |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 13:43
Depends on how you're using it - if it's to describe a passage quoted, as in 'Can you tell me where my country lies...' it's a quotation, if it's to describe a price quoted, as in 'I need a quote for my insurance claim' then it's a quote. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
goose wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 14:06
It is both  ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:10
I'm not sure on price quotes, but to call something quoted a quote is technically inaccurate. |
Posted By: Ben2112
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:13
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Further evidence that prog fans are some neurotically over-analytical follks! Well I know I am anyway.
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:18
| Oh yes. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:21
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Why you not out getting wasted,like any normal 17 year old T?
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:32
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I went out and got slightly inebriated last night. Does three pints count? Answer: because I have no job/money-I-haven't-scrounged-from-my-parents |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:35
Here,have one (or 10) on me Goose!
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 16:47
| Why thankyou. But they look a bit two-dimensional from here. |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: April 02 2005 at 18:04
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Ungrateful Pup! here
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