[General] the red one /the one in red/with red color

[Aamir Tariq]

You go to the market to buy yourself a dress. You like two dresses, one of them is pink and the other is blue. Now you come home and you tell a friend of yours about the dresses you liked at the market.

1. I will buy the blue one.
2. I will buy the one in blue.
3. I will buy the one with blue color.

The first one sounds most natural to me. Tell me about all of them.

Regards
Aamir the Global Citizen.

 

[bhaisahab]

1 and 2 are both fine. 3 is not correct.

 

[Rover_KE]

I bought the red one in your title.:roll:

If you like something you see at a market, it's advisable to buy it there and then. It may not be there when you go back again.

If you insist on coming home first, say 'I'm going to buy the blue one'.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Yes it is a male name. And I do go out to buy dresses for myself and for my family members.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

You go out to buy clothes for you and your family members. in BrE. Dresses are worn only by females (and transgender people).

Interesting to know that, I am not a transgender. How are dresses different from clothes? Are dresses ready-made garments?

 

[Rover_KE]

Click here to see pictures of dresses.

Do you wear these?

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Click here to see pictures of dresses.

Do you wear these?

Why would I? They are for ladies.

 

[GoesStation]

Why would I? They are for ladies.

Q.E.D. A dress is a one-piece garment normally worn by women. Clothes are garments of nearly any kind, though swimwear and night clothes are normally excluded.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Clothes" and "clothing" are the collective terms for anything you wear. A dress is a specific piece of clothing, as shown in the pictures you saw.

 

[Aamir Tariq]

Q.E.D. A dress is a one-piece garment normally worn by women. Clothes are garments of nearly any kind, though swimwear and night clothes are normally excluded.

Now, that's the answer I needed. I never knew that dress was used as a one-piece garment worn by women in the English speaking world. This is something new that I have learned on this forum. Because dress can be any garment worn by male and female here, it can be paints shirt, Shalwar Kameez. etc. So you people have totally surprised me with this definition of dress. We were never taught at school that what females wear is called a dress.