2020-12-14
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด Q – Quotation & quote & unquote
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ออกเสียง quotation = ‘kwoh-TEY-shuhn’
ออกเสียง quote = ‘KWOHT’
ออกเสียง unquote = ‘uhn-KWOHT”
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
quot′er n.
Usage Note:
People have been using the noun quote
as a truncation of quotation for over one hundred years,
and its use in less formal contexts is widespread today.
Language critics have objected to this usage,
however, as unduly journalistic or breezy,
but the word appears to have gained acceptance.
In our 2009 survey, 80 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the example
He began the chapter with a quote from the Bible.
The same percentage accepted
He lightened up his talk by throwing in quotes from Marx Brothers movies.
These results represent a much higher level of acceptance
than in previous surveys.
People sometimes use quote as a synonym for "a dictum; a saying,"
as in His career is just one more validation of Andy Warhol's quote that
"In the future, everybody will be famous for fifteen minutes."
A majority of the Panel (albeit a smaller one) accepts this usage, too.
In 2009, 60 percent accepted the Andy Warhol example.
This is a dramatic increase over the mere 24 percent that accepted the same sentence in 1988.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
quote
A passage doesn’t become a quote(or—better—"quotation")
until you’ve quoted it.
The only time to refer to a “quote” is
when you are referring to someone quoting something.
When referring to the original words, simply call it a passage,
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
quotation & quote & unquote
As an abbreviation for the noun quotation,
quote is an informal coinage(neologism)
that should not appear in serious writing:
“This is a quotation (not quote) from the Bible.”
As a verb, quote means “to copy or repeat the words of someone else,”:
to cite,” “to refer to for illustration”:
“In my talk, I expect to quote from the Bible, the Koran, and other religious works.”
Cite is often a more appropriate word than quote,
especially when no specific reference is intended.
In the expression “quote and unquote,”
reference is to quotation marks.
The phrase is often used by a speaker to
mark the beginning and ending of a quotation.
This expression is acceptable in speech but not inwriting.
