Tri tako kratke, male reči - quit, quite and quiet, a toliko zabune kod upotrebe i pisanja. Hajde da zauvek otklonimo sve nedoumice i više ne pravimo greške kad su quit, quite and quiet u pitanju.

• QUIT :
  Quit je glagol koji znači:
  • napustiti ili odustati:
    • “Alex quit college during his second year.’
    • “Jenny is going to quit teaching and become a full-time writer.”
  • prestati:
    • “Sam says he’s going to quit smoking.”
    • “Quit complaining and get on with the job!”

• QUITE:
  Quite je prilog sa značenjem prilično, donekle, malo ili mnogo, ali ne sasvim .
  Blaži je u značenju od ‘very’ ili ‘extremely’.
  • “It’s quite warm outside today.”
  • “The house we bought needs quite a bit of work.”
  • “The candidate spoke English quite well.”
  • “I quite like living in a small town.”
  • “Julie made it quite clear that she was against the idea.”
  • “After his illness Charlie was never quite the same.”
• QUIET: može biti pridev ili glagol.

Kad ima ulogu prideva, quiet znači tih ili bešuman.

U ulozi glagola ima značenje utišati ili ućutkati.

• “I told the children to be quiet while I was on the phone.”
• “This is a quiet area. There is not much traffic.”
• “Business has been quiet since the beginning of the year.”
• “We preferred to have a quiet wedding with just our two families.
• “Early in the morning the streets are empty and quiet.”
• “The doctor said she’d have a quiet word with my mother.”

My office is QUIET and QUITE comfortable. I’ll miss it when I QUIT.