When I met Tom he was putting on his clothes, dentures, brace and shoes but when I saw him in the party he was wearing clothes, dentures, brace and shoes.
Please check my sentences.
Grammatically, they're fine. Logically, they're not. When are you ever going to need to say this to someone? Why would you first meet someone while they're getting dressed? Would you have expected him to be naked at the party? If you saw him getting dressed and putting those other things on before the party, why would you be surprised to find him wearing them at the party (the "but" indicates a level of surprise)?
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... and falling over!Originally Posted by tufguy
ps. Unless he had taken to wearing his dentures as an alternative to a hat, he was probably putting them in.
I just wanted to make you understand what I wanted to say. I wanted to know whether "wear" can be used for these things or not that is why I used this situation here.
Yes, you can wear clothes, dentures, a brace and shoes.
There was no reason to make such a convoluted long (and illogical) sentence in order to ask that. Why didn't you just ask "Is this sentence correct? 'When I saw Tom at the party, he was wearing clothes, dentures, braces and shoes'? Is my use of 'wearing' correct?"
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Because I also wanted to note the difference between "put on" and "wear".
In that case, you could have posted this:
Have I used "putting on" and "wearing" correctly in these two sentences?
I saw Tom putting on his clothes, brace and shoes.
At the party, Tom was wearing [his] clothes, brace and shoes.
You have a habit of making your posts and questions much more complicated than they need to be.
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