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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
dressed as befitted?
Hi everyone.
Could you tell me whether the sentence below is correct?
I couldn't get it as I am seeing this construction for the first time and also I couldn't find this construction in the dictionary.
She dressed as befitted the daughter of a millionaire.
Shouldn't it be: The dress befitted her as it did the daughter of a millionaire?
Thanks!
Could you tell me whether the sentence below is correct?
I couldn't get it as I am seeing this construction for the first time and also I couldn't find this construction in the dictionary.
She dressed as befitted the daughter of a millionaire.
Shouldn't it be: The dress befitted her as it did the daughter of a millionaire?
Thanks!
Top answer
Shouldn't it be: The dress befitted her as it did the daughter of a millionaire? No. 'Befit' means 'be appropriate to'.
- Shouldn't it be: The dress befitted her as it did the daughter of a millionaire?
- No.
- 'Befit' means 'be appropriate to'.
- It has nothing to do with a dress fitting her.
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silak12She dressed as befitted the daughter of a millionaire.Shouldn't it be: The dress befitted her as it did the daughter of a millionaire?No. 'Befit' means 'be appropriate to'. It has nothing to do with a dress fitting her. (And 'dress' is a verb, here referring to her overall clothing fashion.)
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With regard to this meaning(be appropiate to),how would you rephrase the sentence?
Is the rephrasing below correct?
She dressed as appropiately as the daughter of a millionaire.
Is the rephrasing below correct?
She dressed as appropiately as the daughter of a millionaire.
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silak12Is the rephrasing below correct?Almost.
She dressed as appropriate to the daughter of a millionaire.
She dressed appropriately for/as the daughter of a millionaire.
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