![]() ![]() The third-person singular simple present indicative form of quit is quits. ( usually followed by of ) Released from obligation, penalty, etc free, clear, or rid. The past tense of quit is quit or quitted.The OED records both as alternatives for the past tense and the past participle. It seems to be one of those relatively rare cases where a regular verb changes to become 'irregular'. enPR: kwĭt, IPA ( key): /kwɪt/, įrom Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte ( “ acquitted, quit ” ), ultimately from Latin quietus.Ĭompare Dutch kwijten ( “ to quit ” ), German Low German quitten ( “ to quit ” ), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta ( “ to quit, leave, set off ” ), Icelandic kvitta. I think this chart for 'had quitted/had quit' shows clearly that quitted was the standard past tense until the mid-1900s.
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