I want to know what magical humanities field you are in that has well-funded PhD positions AND great job opportunities after undergrad!

Seriously, though, both choices sound feasible for you. As others have said, if either the PhD or the job offer would help you work towards your longterm "dream job" (other than just providing the money) then that would be important for your decision.

I would add that over the course of a Phd many people have difficult times, and most people say you should only do one if you really, really want it. Then again, if you're going straight from undergrad, adjusting to a full-time job might be more of an upheaval for you than continuing in full-time education. Are you enjoying the PhD so far? Do you think the job would offer a good work-life balance? There are so many variables in either situation that it is hard to generalise.

As for withdrawing from your funded position, that varies too. My funding's terms and conditions state that they have the right to terminate and seek repayment of funds if you don't finish or aren't making enough progress. Perhaps you have a similar document you can check?

Good luck with your decision!

I would agree with Timefortea but I've also heard that you should only put the full stop inside the inverted commas if you are quoting an entire sentence, and not just part of it. So in your example, I think the first version you gave looks better. However, I think that most style guides dictate how to deal with this also. I know there are definitely different conventions for placing commas inside or outside of quotation marks and it's purely based on which style you are following.

I'm dreading going through and tweaking all the little inconsistencies like this that I know my thesis has. Good luck!

In my experience, there was nothing like the 'deferment' you mentioned, and nothing so formally set up with a local bookshop. I used to try to buy most of the primary texts but no one bought secondary stuff; that would cost a fortune. From teaching some visiting US undergrads I get the impression we fly through a lot more material here, but they were used to going through things in a much more thorough way at home. You won't be reading all the secondary material on your lists, unless you're doing an essay or something specifically on that topic, I imagine.

Really, though, the best thing would be to email the course adviser and ask these questions, because your institution might be different. Good luck!

Btw, if you're studying lit and it's not too obscure, the book depository website often has good prices, so that might help.

Just wanted to say sorry you're in this horrible situation and to send some good wishes your way. No useful advice I'm afraid because I don't even really understand what you wrote (very different discipline!). Thanks for this thread btw, I'm submitting mid-December and I've been keeping an eye on it.

Hello, sorry to hear about your situation.
Are you 100% sure you want to leave it? What about if you had a three or six month extension with a medical certificate? A cert from the doctor saying you've been unable to work and need to have the immediate pressure of the deadline lifted should enable an extension. Or perhaps you really need a break, because you sound pretty overwhelmed. In this case, with a med cert again, you might be able to take a few months off to gather yourself and then resume studies with an extension of a few months.

If your supervisor still thinks it's possible for you to submit in under a month, then you must be quite close to finishing, in which case maybe you just need a break and some extra time. If you wanted to do this, it sounds like you'll have to state it very clearly to your supervisor - "I have been unwell, suffering from depression, and have not been able to work propertly, I've been to the doctor, and I will not be able to submit on time..."

Either way, there's more to life than getting a phd so you can recover from this no matter what you choose. Good luck, hang in there.