[Grammar] Dress vs get dreesed

[ahmadm91]

Hi guys,

I hope you all are good

I have slight question today

it is about the difference between "dress" and "get dressed"

if I say "I prefer to dress in white " vs "I prefer to get dressed in white"

is there a difference in the meaning of two sentences above?

thanks a lot in advance

 

[jutfrank]

I prefer to dress in white is the correct way to say what you mean.

• to dress [a certain way] is used to say to what kind of clothes you wear and/or how you wear them.

• to get dressed is used to mean put on clothes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi [STRIKE]guys[/STRIKE], I hope you all are [STRIKE]good[/STRIKE] well.

I have a [STRIKE]slight[/STRIKE] question today. It is about the difference between "dress" and "get dressed".

If I say "I prefer to dress in white" [STRIKE]vs[/STRIKE] instead of/rather than "I prefer to get dressed in white", is there a difference in [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] meaning? [STRIKE]of two sentences above?[/STRIKE]

Thanks a lot in advance.

Please note my corrections above. It's important to follow these rules of written English at all times:

- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with one appropriate punctuation mark.
- Always put a space after a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Don't put a space before a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Don't put a space after opening quotation marks or before closing quotation marks.

I deleted the word "guys" from your opening. It is unnecessary and could be taken to mean that you are addressing only the men on the forum.

 

[Raymott]

"To dress" can also mean "to get dressed" in old novels, and upper class families.
For example, "to dress for dinner" means to put on clean and more elegant clothes for the evening than one has been wearing during the day.
"He rose, dressed, and drove to work". This means "he got dressed".
So, in quite a few situations, you'll find that "to dress" means "to get dressed".