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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
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1. Does it make sense to say:


"to repair one's shoes"


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2. And what do you call the man whom you ask "to repair one's shoes"?

  

Top answer

The sold-fashioned word is ' a cobbl er'. More modern is 'a shoe-mender' . But really, where I live, I don't think people do this much nowadays.

— Clive

  • The sold-fashioned word is ' a cobbl er'.
  • More modern is 'a shoe-mender' .
  • But really, where I live, I don't think people do this much nowadays.
  • They just buy new shoes!
  • Clive
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The sold-fashioned word is 'a cobbler'. More modern is 'a shoe-mender'.

But really, where I live, I don't think people do this much nowadays. They just buy new shoes!

Clive

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Christine Christieto repair one's shoes

Yes, if you repair your own shoes, but I think you may want the expression "to have one's shoes repaired".

Christine Christiewhat do you call the man (whom) you ask "to repair
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