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Gene93 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
quit/give up something
Hello,
What I just heard sounded ridiculous to me, but I don't know, it might be true. How come we can say: "You've lost too much weight. I advise you to give up the gym." sounds fine and "...I advise you to quit the gym." sounds odd? I don't think that makes much sense, does it? I think both can be used. To me the sentence above is no different from "quit/give up smoking".
What I just heard sounded ridiculous to me, but I don't know, it might be true. How come we can say: "You've lost too much weight. I advise you to give up the gym." sounds fine and "...I advise you to quit the gym." sounds odd? I don't think that makes much sense, does it? I think both can be used. To me the sentence above is no different from "quit/give up smoking".
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Gene93 think both can be used. To me the sentence above is no different from "quit/give up smoking". I agree with you.
- Gene93 think both can be used.
- To me the sentence above is no different from "quit/give up smoking".
- I agree with you.
- We often say/hear "He/she quit school when he/she was in 5th grade.
- (dropped out of school), so I see no good reason why 'quit the gym' can't work.
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Gene93 think both can be used. To me the sentence above is no different from "quit/give up smoking".I agree with you. We often say/hear "He/she quit school when he/she was in 5th grade. (dropped out of school), so I see no good reason why 'quit the gym' can't work.
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