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Clothes Clothing Grown Fit Thinking General Population Desperate

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Keyword clothing
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He had grown so much that his clothing didn't fit him.
Correct Sentence He had grown so much that his clothes didn't fit him.
Cloze Error Sentence He had grown so much that his [[clothing]] didn't fit him.
Cloze Sentence He had grown so much that his [[clothes]] didn't fit him.
Cloze Answer clothes
Choices clothes | clothing
Explanation

Use clothing when you are thinking about clothes in general:

'The population is in desperate need of foreign aid - especially food, medicine and clothing.' 'She works in the clothing industry.'

To refer to the things that you wear, use clothes: 'You'd better take off those wet clothes or you'll catch a cold.'

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