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Wear or dress?
A frequent confusion is related to the action of getting dressed...
Very often, students mix up several verbs or expressions. Yet, they
have their own characteristics and uses... let's see them...
1) To dress/ to be dressed/ to get dressed.
a) To dress somebody: to put clothing on or upon someone.
- Will you help me dress the baby. I have to take care of Luke now...
b) To be dressed: wearing clothes.
- He was dressed too formally for the occasion.
c) To get dressed: to put on clothes
- Go and get dressed now; if you don't hurry, you will be late .
To dress oneself (the pronoun is only specified if the speaker wants to insist on
the fact that the person is acting alone, without help.
- Look! Little Tommy has dressed himself this morning! He's very proud of it !
2) To wear clothes/ to put on clothes/ to take off clothes/
a) To wear clothes: to be dressed with
- She was wearing a dark-blue dress in velvet and looked like a princess.
* To put on clothes/ shoes: to dress oneself
// to take off clothes/ shoes: to undress
- Take off your shoes and put on your wellies! It's raining cats and dogs...
* To wear black: to wear black clothes
- The boys were wearing green trousers and white Tee-shirts with a logo.
In a more formal style, use 'to be dressed in'
- He was dressed in a black suit and wore a top hat.
There you are! You can see that finally, the choice isn't complicated...
Besides, there are few expressions to remember!
Good luck for the test! and thanks for working with us...

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