Closed toe shoes or close toed shoes?

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I've seen it both ways and I'm wondering which is correct.

I've always used "closed toe".

You?

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[+3] - Eva - 01/08/2010[quote="boomerang"]Mo and I are going to tour our neighborhood nuclear reactor. They told us to wear "close toed" shoes....[/quote] It's "closed toe" shoes....

@boomerang,

I honestly have never found myself in a situation where I would have uttered either phrases (yet).

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@tsarstepan,

Mo and I are going to tour our neighborhood nuclear reactor. They told us to wear "close toed" shoes.

I always thought it was "closed toe" shoes.

Then I started thinking about it -- you hear it both ways. Women probably hear it more since it is part of the dress code for many jobs.

I'm just wondering if they are both correct or is one more correct than the other.

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The "d" makes it easier to say, IMO.
Anyway, my daughter chewed me out for wearing open toe shoes for Thanksgiving, saying that only closed toe shoes should be worn in the winter (Michigan)

I mumbled something about Bite Me.

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@boomerang,

I don't care. Language morphs, pick the one you like..

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@ossobuco,

(but I'd go with the 'd')

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They both have a "d" so I'm not sure which "d" is better.

I know it isn't life changing information, osso, but I'm still curious.

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2315733001_38caf07e23.jpg

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@boomerang,

Well, I'd use both d's. Which is not to influence you.

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Down here it's a matter of flip-flops and no flip flops...

Anyway, you say "open toed" and "close toed"

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@boomerang,

boomerang wrote:

Mo and I are going to tour our neighborhood nuclear reactor. They told us to wear "close toed" shoes....

It's "closed toe" shoes. Everyone knows engineers can't spell.

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@boomerang,

closed.

The other sounds as though you have to wear shoes which jam your toes together.

Also, it's bloody wrong.

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@boomerang,

it's a close call

after the visit to the nuclear reactor closely examine all openings and toes

waddle you do on the way home if the takeaway is open or close?

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The toe of this shoe is open. The toe of that shoe is closed. The shoes are closed-toe.

How else? Close-toed is like close-minded... unless you mean close-as-in-nearby, it's wrong!

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Just as the close-minded scenario... It can be said he is close-minded (adj.) or he has a closed mind (noun). Likewise I think close-toed is used as an adjective saying the toe of the shoe is closed... saying closed toe is using it as a noun.

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Worst Analogies - feel free to add your ownMay 6, 2010 ... Using her flint knife to gut the two amphibians, Kreega the Neanderthal woman created the first pair of open-toad sandals. Greg Homer ...
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@boomerang,

If you Google "close toed", it corrects it to "closed toe" (as it should).

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@threestrandranch,

I'd have thought it would be hyphenated....

These closed-toe shoes are the bomb!

vs.

These cool shoes are closed toe.

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Why are we talking about clothed toads?

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@boomerang,

Shoes are shoes. Open-toed shoes have that feature.

I've never seen shoes referred to "closed-toe".

Seems silly to me. Keep it simple.

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Closed toe shoes or close toed shoes?

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