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QANTAS
The Australian airline is often incorrectly spelt 'quantas'. QANTAS is an acronym, so doesn't need to be Latinised with an extra -u-.
Q&As or Q&A's?
Q&As: .
qua
A good word for Scrabble, but not much else.
quaff
A lot of writers like to pepper their writing with archaic words that aren't frequently used in speech. Quaff is, arguably, one them. Use this word, by all means. I won't be one to judge, but make sure that you use it correctly. An article in the Independent recently had the headline 'How to quaff tea like a true connoisseur'. The only problem here is that to quaff means to drink copious amounts in big gulps. This is would not be a good wat to drink tea, or any boiling-hot drink for that matter. I don't care how sophisticated you might be. I would, however, suggest that quaffed tea be followed by quaffing a big, cold beer or at the very least a glass of water.
the Queen
One may address her as Her Majesty or HM. Never “Queen”, “your highness”, “M’ Lady”, “HRH” or “Liz”.
queueing or queuing?
Often spelt the wrong way. The correct spelling is queueing.
quickly or fast?
An admission, until recently I used to get my goat in a twist over fast as an adverb, as in: I like to drive fast. I would have said that I like to drive quickly, but having seen the error of my ways I realise that fast is a better word. Why? Because lets say I was hopped up on sugar and very anxious, making quick and erratic movements in the way I handled the car, I would be driving quickly regardless of how fast the car was going. I drive fast does not have that ambiguity.
quiz or test (noun)?
American school children do a quiz in schools, British children do a test.
quiz or question (verb)?
A quiz is best left for word games and the like; question is the correct verb.