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Got to be honest, I only clicked on the link because 'quitted' bothered me, but the Take-Aways are interesting.
by adamgordonbell 4y ago
Got to be honest, I only clicked on the link because 'quitted' bothered me, but the Take-Aways are interesting.
- cuttysnark 4y agoStuck out to me as well—author uses it only once apart from the title, and it's in scare quotes. Are they calling attention to the fact that it's not the usual form of the word, but then failing to explain why that's important to the subject of the post? In any case, TIL that although "quit" is most common for past tense/past participle, "quitted" is sometimes included in dictionaries as an alternative.
- Mikushi 4y agoThe author is French, the usage of quitted is more likely a mistake outright. As for the quoted version it's explained next to it, he's quitting professionally but likely will continue as a hobby, in French you'd use quotes to highlight the fact it's not to be taken literally.
- PaulSec 4y agoOP here, that is correct and I am french, I thought that it was right actually. what should have been the proper way to say I left that industry?
- bdsa 4y ago> I quit infosec...
- cuttysnark 4y ago"I quit infosec and I couldn't be happier" is how I'd have written it. Thanks for the good-read!
- dang 4y agoI've put that in the title now. Thanks all!
- CrazyStat 4y ago"To quit" is an irregular verb in English, the past tense is just quit instead of quitted. So "I quit" can be either present or past tense, but from context it would be clear that "I quit infosec" is past tense.
- gtirloni 4y agoGrammarly helps but having been in infosec, you probably will have concerns about sending your private data to that cloud :)
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- odiroot 4y agoIt's a new fad in SEO world. Gotta respect the hustle!
- xeromal 4y agoSame. I figured it's an ESL thing so no biggie.
- jihadjihad 4y agoIt is valid in English to use quitted in this manner, but it does look and sound odd. Most dictionaries list quitted as an alternative simple past/past participle of to quit, but admittedly it's uncommon to see it in modern English. Usually quitted is used in the sense departed or left (following French usage), which, while perhaps archaic, is perfectly valid in English as well.
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