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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

English Usage

Why do we say “wearing perfumes?
  

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We don't use the plural. Usually people wear only one perfume at a time. She is wearing perfume.

  • We don't use the plural.
  • Usually people wear only one perfume at a time.
  • She is wearing perfume.
  • She put perfume on this morning.
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We don't use the plural. Usually people wear only one perfume at a time.

She is wearing perfume.
She put perfume on this morning.
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I suppose we say 'wear' because we place it on the surface of our bodies.

We also wear
eg a wig
eg a mustache or beard
eg an artificial leg

even
eg a smile

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