Can someone help me, please?

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Can someone help me, please?

Can someone help me, please?

Hi colleague,

can someone help me ,I can �t understand when we have to use "dress" and " dress up". Is there a rule or something that shows when we have to use each of them?

thank you in advance.

29 Nov 2010

To dress = to put on clothes.

e.g. A baby can not dress themselves./I dress myself every morning.

Dressing up would be used if you �re wearing a costume:

e.g. I am going to a fancy dress party next week, I am dressing up as a clown.

Every Halloween I dress up as a ghost.

PS. If I was going somewhere posh/fancy/wearing something smart, I would also use dressing up but I don �t know if that �s a colloquialism.

e.g. I �m going on a date tonight so I have to dress up!

29 Nov 2010

yanogator

Yes, tulpen25, both meanings of "dress up" are correct.

Bruce

29 Nov 2010

thank you so much for the explanation dear tulpen25.

29 Nov 2010