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Newguest Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Give it up/quit

Hi

This job doesn't pay well so I want to give it up/quit.

---- Are both "give it up" and "quit" OK?
  

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Newguest Are both "give it up" and "quit" OK? 'Give it up's OK, but it's not a phrase I commonly hear in this context.

— Mister Micawber

  • Newguest Are both "give it up" and "quit" OK?
  • 'Give it up's OK, but it's not a phrase I commonly hear in this context.
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NewguestAre both "give it up" and "quit" OK?
'Give it up's OK, but it's not a phrase I commonly hear in this context.
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So what do you usually hear?

I understand that "quit" is incorrect here?
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Quit is okay.
I'm going to quit my job.
I don't like my job. I'm going to quit.
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Newguest---- Are both "give it up" and "quit" OK?
Yes. The second one is more common in American English.
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Anonymous Newguest---- Are both "give it up" and "quit" OK?Yes. The second one is more common in American English.
It's also pretty common in
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