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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Chris (was) dressed in a new suit

Chris was dressed in a new suit for the wedding.

Hi,

Is "was" in the above optional? Thanks.
  

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Yes, but it's a slightly different meaning. He was dressed in his new suit = He wore his new suit. He dressed in a suit = He put on his new suit.

— BarbaraPA

  • Yes, but it's a slightly different meaning.
  • He was dressed in his new suit = He wore his new suit.
  • He dressed in a suit = He put on his new suit.
  • In the second pair, it emphasizing the act of putting the suit on.
  • In the first pair, it was simply what he was wearing.
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Yes, but it's a slightly different meaning.

He was dressed in his new suit = He wore his new suit.
He dressed in a suit = He put on his new suit.

In the second pair, it emphasizing the act of putting the suit on. In the first pair, it was simply what he was wearing.
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Chris was dressed in a new suit for the wedding.

'Dressed' is here used as an adjective and it means that he was already dressed in a new suit.

If you say it like, Chris dressed in a new suit for the wedding.

Here is means that Chris wasn't already dressed in a new suit and 'dressed' is here used as past form of the verb dress.
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