Feeling great to join this network. I appreciate it.
I have a question: is it better to use the word quote or cite in such situation talking with a hypocrite person?“When I quote you from him you do not listen but when I quote you from
Einstein you listen.”or
“When I cite you from him you do not listen but when I cite you from
Einstein you listen.”I want the more natural sounding, as English isn’t my first language. I saw cite word is also used instead of quote word as synonym.
Thank you. 🙂
Answer
If I understand your intent, I would replace the pronoun with a more direct reference and drop from.
When I quote you Joe Blow, you don’t listen. But when I quote you Einstein,
you listen.
You could instead say:
When I quote from Joe Blow, you don’t listen. But when I quote from Einstein,
you listen.
but don’t combine the two. The use of an indirect object already implies a preposition. Adding another just muddies the picture.
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