Placement of [different colours]
I have made up the sentences below.
(1) Jack likes to wear different colour hats.
(2) Jack likes to wear hats in different colours.
(3) Jack likes to wear different colours of hats.
My non-native English speaking friends think the sentences are all correct. I am not sure if my friends' answer is right. What is your opinion? Thanks.
Top answer
ansonguy (1) Jack likes to wear different colour hats. That is the usual way we put it here in the Middle Atlantic states of the USA. ansonguy (2) Jack likes to wear hats in different colours.
- ansonguy (1) Jack likes to wear different colour hats.
- That is the usual way we put it here in the Middle Atlantic states of the USA.
- ansonguy (2) Jack likes to wear hats in different colours.
- No.
- The hats might "come" in different colors, but you can't wear them in different colors as a matter of idiom.
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ansonguy(1) Jack likes to wear different colour hats.
That is the usual way we put it here in the Middle Atlantic states of the USA.
ansonguy(2) Jack likes to wear hats in different colours.
No. The hats might "come" in different colors, but you can't wear them in different colors as a matter of idiom. He might wea
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