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14 Aug 2019
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What does "first called it quits," (2nd paragraph) mean?
p.s.
Does "s" of "quits" express a plural from of "quit"?
or
Does it express a third person singular form?
Context>>>>>>>>>>
A nearly six-year-old tweet from Donald Trump about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth has resurfaced in the wake of their split.
Back in 2013, after Miley and Liam first called it quits, the now-POTUS sent a message to the pop star.
".@MileyCyrus - don't worry about Liam," he tweeted on Sept. 19, 2013. "You can do much better and you have plenty of time—remain strong!"
Why Trump, then a private citizen, decided to weigh in on Miley's love life isn't known. At the time, many were confused why Trump was concerned about the singer's private life. Now, the tweet is again getting blasted.
"Nice to see you are hard at work," one person said. Another joked, "Important work coming from the Oval Office."
What does "first called it quits," (2nd paragraph) mean?
p.s.
Does "s" of "quits" express a plural from of "quit"?
or
Does it express a third person singular form?
Context>>>>>>>>>>
A nearly six-year-old tweet from Donald Trump about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth has resurfaced in the wake of their split.
Back in 2013, after Miley and Liam first called it quits, the now-POTUS sent a message to the pop star.
".@MileyCyrus - don't worry about Liam," he tweeted on Sept. 19, 2013. "You can do much better and you have plenty of time—remain strong!"
Why Trump, then a private citizen, decided to weigh in on Miley's love life isn't known. At the time, many were confused why Trump was concerned about the singer's private life. Now, the tweet is again getting blasted.
"Nice to see you are hard at work," one person said. Another joked, "Important work coming from the Oval Office."
p.s.
Does "s" of "quits" express a plural from of "quit"?
or
Does it express a third person singular form?
Context>>>>>>>>>>
A nearly six-year-old tweet from Donald Trump about Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth has resurfaced in the wake of their split.
Back in 2013, after Miley and Liam first called it quits, the now-POTUS sent a message to the pop star.
".@MileyCyrus - don't worry about Liam," he tweeted on Sept. 19, 2013. "You can do much better and you have plenty of time—remain strong!"
Why Trump, then a private citizen, decided to weigh in on Miley's love life isn't known. At the time, many were confused why Trump was concerned about the singer's private life. Now, the tweet is again getting blasted.
"Nice to see you are hard at work," one person said. Another joked, "Important work coming from the Oval Office."
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"To call it quits" is simply a fancier and more emphatic way of saying "to quit".
I don't actually know what the origin of this expression is, but judging by its grammatical structure, I assume "quit" is a noun, and it's in plural here. However, there is no noun "quit" in modern English, if there ever was one.
Edit: Okay, the dictionary says "quits" is actually an adjective here. The meanings are:
on an equal footing; evennow we are quits
call it quits to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
So the original meaning referred to settlement of a debt, and then it took on an additional meaning of abandoning or quitting something.
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- English (US)
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"To call it quits" is simply a fancier and more emphatic way of saying "to quit".
I don't actually know what the origin of this expression is, but judging by its grammatical structure, I assume "quit" is a noun, and it's in plural here. However, there is no noun "quit" in modern English, if there ever was one.
Edit: Okay, the dictionary says "quits" is actually an adjective here. The meanings are:
on an equal footing; evennow we are quits
call it quits to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
So the original meaning referred to settlement of a debt, and then it took on an additional meaning of abandoning or quitting something.
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