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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

quit

0Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"?02br
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01i00- We stopped / quitted to have a break.02i02br
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01i00- They stopped / quitted searching for the missing boy.02i0-
  

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02font 02i 02br 02br 00Yes. 02br 02br 00You don't have any gerunds in your examples, only simple past tenses. The gerund is 'stopping', 'quitting'.

— Clive

  • 02font 02i 02br 02br 00Yes.
  • 02br 02br 00You don't have any gerunds in your examples, only simple past tenses.
  • The gerund is 'stopping', 'quitting'.
  • eg 01font 00He thought about quitting.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Nor do you have any infinitives for 'stop' or 'quit' in your examples.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"?02font02br
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01i01font00- We stopped / quit01font00ted02font00 to have a break.02font02i02br
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0 I'd say that 01i00quit02i00 only goes with a gerund.02br
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00 We stopped searching ... OK02br
00 We quit searching ... OK02br
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00 We stopped to have ... OK02br
00 *We quit to have ... (NO. Not this one.)02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10Can "quit" be used as both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"?12font12br
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11i11font10- We stopped / quit11font10ted12font10 to have a
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0 I'll let Clive answer for himself, but in the meantime let me try to show the difference between 01i00stop02i00 and 01i00quit02i00.02br
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00 If you 01i00stop to do something02i00, 01i00stop02i00 has the semantic value 01i00stop whatever you are doing in order to ....0
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0 Hi, Jim. Thank you for the information. 0-
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0Hi again,02br
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01font00I misunderstood the meaning of your question. What you meant was 02br
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01font00Can "quit" be used 01b00with02b00 both a gerund and an infinitive like "stop"?02font02br
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00When you say 01font
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0Well, thank you Clive for clarifying the misunderstanding on my part.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00On my part, too. 05002br
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