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Old 18-Nov-2003, 16:56
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Default cutting and making dresses?

Is this correct?

I work at a workshop cutting and making dresses.

Is it possible to write:

I work at a workshop cutting and dressmaking
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I think both examples are ok.
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Default Re: cutting and making dresses?

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Is this correct?

I work at a workshop cutting and making dresses.
That sentence seems to be saying you cut the dresses and make the dresses. Perhaps:
  • I work at a workshop cutting patterns and making dresses.

Or (even better):
  • I work at a workshop cutting patterns and sewing dresses.

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Originally Posted by pepa
Is it possible to write:

I work at a workshop cutting and dressmaking
I am not sure that dressmaking is a verb, but I could be wrong.

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