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163 doubt
Clauses after the verb doubt can be introduced by whether, ifor that. Economists doubt whether interest rates will fall in the near future. I doubt ifshe'll come this evening.
The directors doubt that new machinery is really necessary.
In an informal style, people sometimes use no conjunction.
I doubt we'll have enough money for a holiday.
After negative forms of doubt, we normally use that or no conjunction.
I don't doubt (that) there will be more problems. For no doubt meaning ·probably·. see 377.
164 dress 1 noun
The countable noun dress means an article of women's clothing (it goes from the shoulders to below the hips).
This is the first time I've seen you wearing a dress.
There is also an uncountable noun dress (not used with the article alan). It means 'clothing', 'clothes'. It is not very common in modem English, and is used mostly to talk about special kinds of clothing (for example national dress, evening dress, battledress).
He looks good in evening dress. (NOT ••. in an efJet!ing dress.)
2 verb: putting clothes on
The verb dress can be used to talk about putting clothes on oneself or somebody else. Undress is used for taking clothes off.
It only takes me five minutes to dress in the morning. Could you dress the children for me?
I'm going to undress in front ofthefire.
In informal English, we use get dressed/undressed to talk about dressing or undressing oneself.
Get dressed and come downstairs at once!
Put on and take offare generally used when clothes are mentioned.
I put on a sweater, but it was so warm that I had to take it offagain. Can you take fohn's boots offfor him?
3 verb: wearing clothes
To say what somebody is/was wearing on a particular occasion, we can use the form be dressed in (note the preposition).
I didn't recognise him because he was dressed in a dark suit. (NOT ••. dressetllt'Jitit ... 0 R ••• dressiltg in .. .)
She was dressed in orange pyjamas.
Be wearing and have on (especially ArnE) are also very common.
She was wearing orange pyjamas.
She had on orange pajamas. (AmE)
The active form dress (in) can be used to give the idea of repetition or habit.
She always dresses in green. He dresses well. Note also the expression well dressed.
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