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Sat 4 Mar, 2006 11:55 am
Hi again, I have the following questions,
Is there much of a difference when we say,
-she was wearing thin/ delicate/ tender clothes.
-I suppose that we can't say, she was liking. Is that right?
-Can I say plait and queue for hair?
-Is there much of a difference between ,
Attire, garment. Can we still use them?
Thanks everybody :wink:
clothes can be thin or delicate, but not tender. something that's delicate is probably thin as well, but something could be thin and yet be durable, which is the opposite of delicate.
she was liking is incorrect.
hair can be plaited or worn in a queue, but not queued, as far as i know.
attire & garment are interchangeable.
I would use attire for the entire clothing arrangment, and garment for a single piece of clothing. Both are still in common use.
Mmmm... Why cant you use tender for clothing?
Just a quick example, that maybe could work, maybe not.
She had a tender attire: soft, but yet they had a crisp appearance. She wore a deep, calm blue blouse- matched by a pair of worn, complementary khaki pants. To complete the outfit, she had black and white striped socks, covered by brown loafers.
When you put it like that, I guess you could, but you had to be fairly creative to get there. I make the guess that Navigator (in China) is looking for the more usual usage.
Drowned By Darkness wrote:She had a tender attire: soft, but yet they had a crisp appearance. She wore a deep, calm blue blouse- matched by a pair of worn, complementary khaki pants. To complete the outfit, she had black and white striped socks, covered by brown loafers.
And, above all, she had this sexy look! :wink:
I think, if you are trying to help someone who is just learning English, you should steer them away from fanciful or figurative or "poetic" language. It's not helpful.
Thanks everybody. Can I say that tender goes more with feeling, words
or manner?
"I would use attire for the entire clothing arrangment, and garment for a
single piece of clothing. Both are still in common use." I'd go with roger.
Hi roger :wink:
yes, roger was accurate. the generic term clothing would include both garments and attire.
tender is often used to mean soft, as in tender meat, as well as tender feelings, but while clothes can be described as soft, they're not usually described as tender.
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