- the origin of to give someone a dressing down
Commonwealth Version Dressing right, Dress, or just Right Dress, - all personnel in front row and right side column except the right marker take one step forward, pause, and only the front rank bring up their right arms parallel to the ground At the same time, all members of the formation snap their heads so they're facing right
- Possessive of Dress = Dresss - WordReference Forums
The pronunciation of a singular noun already ending in s, being made possessive by adding 's, sounds the same as if you were pluralizing it with -es: dress's sounds like dresses, Chris's sounds like Chrises, waitress's sounds like waitresses, etc Brian I was discussing this only yesterday with my significant other
- dress followed by adjectives or adverbs? - WordReference Forums
1 I can see that "to dress" is usually followed by adverbs She dresses smartly, casually, formally 2 But sometimes it's followed by adjectives She dresses formal,casual, smart What's the treatment? Does it come down to some adjectives which are usually used that way or is it about
- dressed as vs dressed like - WordReference Forums
She dresses like a boy = could be the same as the above, but probably more mild -- she tends toward masculine or androgynous clothing, avoids skirts and pink and makeup, etc
- You dress really nice - WordReference Forums
Hi everyone 1 You dress really nice 2 You dress really nicely 3 You dress real nicely 4 You dress real nice which is grammatically correct in written language? and which sounds good in spoken language?
- I saw her dressed in red. - WordReference Forums
Does "She dresses in red " mean "She (always, usually, often, once in a while, sometimes) wears red cloths"? It is hard to say for sure what an isolated sentence means However, I would probably add something like always if I wanted to comment on the frequency with which she dresses in red: She always usually, etc dresses in red
- Dress or dresses - WordReference Forums
There are a red and a white dress in my closet and they are my favourite Would it be right to say the following?-- The red and white dress ( 'dress' taken as a common word both for 'red' and 'white' i e red and white dress) are my favourite Or, should I say 'the red and white dresses' to
- Get dressed! = Get ready! - Dress! = Put your clothes on!
In all your examples you are talking about someone "getting dressed" Edit: I would always use the imperative to tell someone to "get dressed" or "Put your clothes on" In everyday speech I also talk about "getting dressed" If I wanted to sound a little less casual, I would use "dress, i e "He rose at ten, dressed in haste and called for a cab " He dresses well - He wears expensive clothes he
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