I think using quote as a noun is poor grammar

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#1  Edited By RJay_64

I know I am being the grammar police but...quote is a verb!  Quotation would be the noun.  Yet people say "here are some quotes." What do you think?

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#2  Edited By ArchScabby

I think your arent not taking this here grammericalisities to seriously.

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#3  Edited By FluxWaveZ

Informal usage, dude.

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#4  Edited By OllyOxenFree

Your funny.

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#5  Edited By Bobdaman18

i don't mind and often use quote as a noun
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#6  Edited By W0lfbl1tzers

Language changes over time

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#7  Edited By auspiciousqueue

 Hmm...  It annoys me that you don't space before and after your quotation marks. Is that picky?

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#9  Edited By Mrskidders

This thread is winner

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#10  Edited By AlwaysAngry

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its short form for quotation.

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#12  Edited By Pinworm45

This was an excellent use of a thread.

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#13  Edited By FluxWaveZ

To revenge is an actual verb, not just a noun.

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#14  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

Quote is acceptable as a noun or a verb according to the OED. And the OED is the definitive guide to the english language
 
Anyway, languages evolve. Look at Shakespearian writing, and how different it is from modern english. Things like Quote as a noun aren't so weird when you look at it like that.

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#15  Edited By BeachThunder

You're asking the internet about its opinion about grammar?

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#16  Edited By zeforgotten
Grammar Nazi
Police sounds so boring and don't make for good videos. 
Except the ones where the police beats up kids for breaking the rules, those are fantastic
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#17  Edited By Insectecutor

I could care less.

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#18  Edited By AhmadMetallic
@RJay_64: i think it doesnt matter
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#19  Edited By MysteriousBob
@arab_prince said:
" its short form for quotation. "
Its not. 
 
But it doesn't matter. Language is about expressing meaning and this mistake has become so common that it doesn't matter any more. Nobody is going to respond to "Here's a quote I found in a book" with "WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?".
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#20  Edited By WickedFather
@Insectecutor said:
" I could care less. "
Do you mean you couldn't care less?
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#21  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

What @MattyFTM said.

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#22  Edited By Insectecutor
@WickedFather said:
" @Insectecutor said:
" I could care less. "
Do you mean you couldn't care less? "
Your correcting my grammar in the stupid grammar thread?
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#24  Edited By davidwitten22
@Insectecutor said:
" @WickedFather said:
" @Insectecutor said:
" I could care less. "
Do you mean you couldn't care less? "
Your correcting my grammar in the stupid grammar thread? "
Yeah I thought it was obvious you were doing it on purpose to be a jerk. Which I am in favor of.
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@OllyOxenFree said:
" Your funny. "
ARG!
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@Insectecutor said:
" @WickedFather said:
" @Insectecutor said:
" I could care less. "
Do you mean you couldn't care less? "
Your correcting my grammar in the stupid grammar thread? "
Another one?! ARG again!
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#27  Edited By fazzle

I just find the entire basis of the thread hilarious, based on the fact that the word quote IS a noun in the topic title.

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#28  Edited By KarlPilkington

I always try to use my perfect grammer any way.

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#29  Edited By Scrawnto
@fazzle said:
" I just find the entire basis of the thread hilarious, based on the fact that the word quote IS a noun in the topic title. "
By that logic, every word is a noun, unless you are actually talking about the lack of quotation marks around "quote."
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#30  Edited By fazzle
@Scrawnto said:
" @fazzle said:
" I just find the entire basis of the thread hilarious, based on the fact that the word quote IS a noun in the topic title. "
By that logic, every word is a noun, unless you are actually talking about the lack of quotation marks around "quote." "
 
Using is the verb in the sentence, while quote, along with grammar, are the nouns.
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#31  Edited By TheGreatGuero

I see no problem with it, dude.

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#32  Edited By toowalrus

Sooooooooooo don't care.

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#33  Edited By adam_grif

the Gramaticalness of uzing >quote< as the noun is double plus good;

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#34  Edited By JerichoBlyth

Fuck up.

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#35  Edited By Deusoma

Technically, languages devolve, not evolve. Common speech, in general, has become more and more relaxed and informal over the years, to the point where eventually people will be communicating to each other entirely through grunts and one-syllable words. No, I'd say helping the grammar police slow this process down even a little would be a good thing.

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#36  Edited By JJWeatherman

It's called slang.