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I Clothes Clothing Arrived Unpacked Thinking General Population

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Keyword clothing
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my clothing.
Correct Sentence As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my clothes.
Cloze Error Sentence As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my [[clothing]].
Cloze Sentence As soon as I arrived, I unpacked my [[clothes]].
Cloze Answer clothes
Choices clothing | clothes
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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