Dress up or put on...These two words in Russian colloquial and writing occur quite often.

However, some believe that there is absolutely no difference between them. What to put on a ring, what to put on a ring - everything is the same.

But is it really so and is there any significant difference between these two words? Let's try to figure it out.

And I really hope that after this article you will say exactly what you should do with the ring - put it on or put it on.

Both of these words - “put on” and “dress” - are verbs.

And everyone knows this very well, they taught it back in primary school. And remember - in one of the Russian language textbooks it was even described in detail and even drawn, who exactly is being dressed and what exactly is being put on. Let's try to refresh that knowledge in our memory.

Verb to dress

This verb denotes an action that is performed by someone in relation to someone or to any inanimate object. For example, it is worth giving the following expressions:

1. Dress the child

2. Dress the old man

3. Dress the doll

4. Dress up the girl

If you look closely at these sentences, you can see that between the word “dress” and the word, for example, “doll” can I ask who? or what? Let's give a few more examples.

1. Dress (whom?) brother in clean clothes

2. Dress (whom?) girl in a fashionable fur coat

3. Dress (What?) stuffed animal in an old dress

There is another way to determine which word should be used - put on or dress. The verb “to dress” refers to verbs that are called reflexive.

That is, it can be used with the particle – sya. Again, here are a few examples:

1. Dress for the season

2. Dress in a fashionable salon

3. Dress only in new clothes

Verb to put on

The verb to put on, in contrast to the verb “to put on,” denotes an action that is directed towards oneself. For example:

1. You need to put on a new suit

2. I'll put on something warmer

3. I put on my most beautiful dress

However, there are also sentences in which the use of the verb “to dress” would be simply illogical. Here you should definitely use only the verb “put on”. Examples include the following sentences:

1. Put a gown on the patient

2. Put glasses on your nose

3. Put the cover on the chair

4. Put tires on wheels

What do all these proposals have in common? Yes, indeed, the verb put on is used here only in relation to inanimate objects (except for the sick person). And each such sentence has a short word “na”. That is, to “put on” to put something on someone or put it on something.

There is another very simple tip that will help you decide how to write correctly - to put it on or dress it down.

So, we remember - they put something on themselves or on something else, but when they dress someone else they dress themselves. Example.

One of the reasons for lexical errors in modern speech, oral and written, is the failure to distinguish cognate words, in particular, the verbs to dress (dress) - to put on (put on). And in live, direct communication between native speakers of the Russian language - in a relaxed colloquial speech; and in book speech - in radio and television broadcasts, in speeches of politicians at rallies, with various kinds public statements, deputies in the State Duma, officials on one or another official occasion, quite often one can encounter incorrect, erroneous use of lexical units related from the point of view of word formation. For example, they confuse the verbs get used to and get used to, weaken and weaken, adverbs objectivist and objective... (see “From Monitoring violations of speech norms in the media” // Gorbanevsky M.V., Karaulov Yu.N., Shaklein V.M. Ne speak rough tongue. On violations of the norms of literary speech in electronic and print media / Ed. Yu. A. Belchikova. M., 2000, p. 19-137 - based on materials from television, radio programs and newspapers), the nouns portrait and self-portrait (in the program “Field of Miracles”, on the ORT channel, on August 30, 2002, a participant in the game presented the presenter with his “self-portrait, which was drawn by her seven-year-old son” ).

In the use of cognate words, the most “unlucky” verbs are dress (dress) - put on (put on) (these verbs belong to paronyms - see the article “Subscriber, subscriber, subscription”).

These words are used incorrectly by both the TV presenter (...what you need to wear to appear under the circus big top // “Don’t speak in rough language”, p. 29), and the host of the radio program (He dressed himself... // Ibid., p. 40), and a TV correspondent (...there will be a good reason to wear a dress uniform - NTV, August 29, 2002), and a journalist (Winter has come, you need to wear different shoes // Don’t speak in rough language, p. 28), and a pop star (I can’t do anything wear from this collection. // Ibid., p. 106), see in the capital’s Nezavisimaya Gazeta: dated March 12, 1999: “We put on a modernized watch on the right hand.”

The verbs dress and put on are ambiguous. The meanings in which actions towards a person are indicated are as follows:

Dress - who, what. 1. To clothe someone. to some clothes. Dress a child, the sick, the wounded; Wed dress a doll, mannequin...

Put on - what. 1. To pull, push (clothes, shoes, covers, etc.), covering, enveloping something. Put on a suit, skirt, coat, jacket, shoes, mask, gas mask...

The verb to dress combines with animate nouns (and with a small number of inanimate ones, denoting the likeness of a person: doll, mannequin, skeleton); put on - with inanimate.

To complete the description of the lexical-syntactic connections of our verbs, it should be noted that the verb to dress is included (within the 1st meaning) in combinations with inanimate nouns denoting parts of the body, but through the mediation of an animate noun (whom) and necessarily with a prepositional-case combination of an inanimate noun (in what - in new uniform) or with an inanimate noun in the indirect case (than - a blanket, a shawl) according to the principle of indirect control. Put on (within the 1st meaning) has syntactic connections according to the same principle with animate nouns: put (coat) on someone: on a grandfather, on a child) and with inanimate nouns: put on something (on a hand, on a neck), on top what (over a shirt), under what (under a coat).

The difference in the semantics of these words is emphasized by the fact that they form different antonymic pairs: put on - take off, put on - undress.

The semantic originality of each of the verbs is especially clearly revealed when they occur within the same context. In this regard, poetic texts dedicated to the words in question are of great interest. One of the poems was written in late XIX century, by the now forgotten poet V. Krylov, another by our contemporary N. Matveeva.

Here is the first poem:

Dear friend, do not forget,

What to wear does not mean to wear;

There is no need to confuse these expressions,

Each of them has its own meaning.

You can easily remember this:

We use the verb “to dress” when

We put clothes on something,

Or we cover something with clothes,

Otherwise we dress in clothes.

Do you want to dress yourself more elegantly?

So you should put on a new dress,

And you put on a glove on your hand,

When you put a glove on your hand.

You will dress the child in his dress,

When you put the dress on him.

To whom the native language is both sweet and dear,

He will not tolerate even a trace of mistakes,

And therefore, my friend, never

Don't make such reservations.

As we see, more than a hundred years ago, the use of the verbs put on and dress was a big problem for native speakers of the Russian language, and even then serious attention was paid to this by the guardians of correctness native language. It is also obvious that these humorous (at the same time linguistically quite reasonable) poems are relevant today.

This is confirmed by Novella Matveeva:

“Put on”, “put on”... Two words

We confuse so stupidly!

It was a frosty dawn,

The old grandfather dressed in a fur coat.

And the fur coat, therefore, is on.

“Put it on”, “put it on”... Let’s take a look:

When to wear and what to wear.

I guess it's like my grandfather

Three fur coats can be worn.

But I don't think that grandfather

Can be worn on a fur coat!

Distinguish

The Russian language is great, powerful and complex. Even the majority of its speakers do not know its rules and regulations very well. For example, “dress” or “put on” - which is the correct way to say it. Not everyone can give examples, much less apply them in practice. Let's figure it out.

“Dress” and “put on”: rules of use

Both words, as parts of speech, belong to verbs, but are used in different cases:

• Verb " dress» used in relation to an animate being : person, man or woman, boy or girl, etc. It is also used in combination with words denoting inanimate likenesses of a person, e.g. doll, toy;
• This verb answers the question: whom? What? For example: " Grandmotherdressedgrandson for a walk", « Store workersdressedmannequin and put it on display";
• Word " put on» applied to an inanimate object and answers the question: “what?” For example: " Put on a coat (fur coat, jacket) »;
• The same rules apply to slightly modified verbs of this type, such as “ dress" or " put on»;
• There are so-called “check” expressions for correct use one or another verb from this series. Special vocabulary pairs are formed related to the concept of “antonym”, i.e. the opposite of semantic meanings, namely: “ put on - take off», « put on - undress" A suit, for example, cannot be “undressed.”

What do you study in a linguistics course?

To know and understand a language, it is necessary to study both the pronunciation of words and their structure and rules of speech presentation:

• Sections such as phonetics, graphics, orthoepy will help us understand the sound structure of words, the placement of stress, the display of sounds on paper in the form of written speech;
• The rules for the formation of words and their composition are studied by a branch of science called word formation;
• One of the main sections is grammar. This science includes such sections as morphology, which studies parts of speech: noun, adjective, verb, numeral, etc. and syntax. The latter, translated from Greek as composition, deals with the study of sentences composed of words and their combinations;
• Spelling and punctuation determine the rules of spelling and punctuation;
• Lexicology and phraseology are studies that help to study the meanings of words used in speech and the use of the most stable expressions;

The style and culture of speech are decisive in the practice of applying the norms of the literary language in communication.

Difference between "put on" and "put on"

The simplest explanation of how two very similar words differ is as follows:

• The expression “dress/dress” is someone in something: a baby in diapers, a daughter in a dress. “Put on/put on” - something on someone: a coat on a mother, boots on a son, etc.;
• The first verb is associated, as a rule, with an animate object or its likeness (in the form of a mannequin or stuffed animal), the second - with an inanimate one, for example, in relation to clothes or shoes;
• You can use these parts of speech more widely, especially if you include fantasy, for example, “dressing a summer meadow with flowers” ​​or “a winter field with snow.” The woman “dresses with taste,” but there is “a riddle about the grandfather who is dressed in a hundred fur coats, and who undresses him...” - everyone knows the answer. You can put a collar on a dog, a saddle on a horse, or a pillowcase on a pillow;
• It will help to explain the difference between these two words and imaginative thinking. Boots can be put on your feet, or you can simply decorate them with colored ribbons or a scarf, i.e. “put it on,” and everything will immediately become clear.

There are some disagreements between individual philologists regarding the use of these verbs, but this is a matter of science.

Are shoes worn or worn?

Shoes putting on shoes. But this option is, so to speak, “conversational”, and the rule remains the same:

• The commonly used word is “put” (on a person’s feet) shoes, sandals, sandals, boots, but put on shoes (yourself) or put on a child’s shoes, i.e. put his feet in some kind of shoes, which is confirmed by V.I. Dahl’s dictionary. In conversational terms, this is acceptable. Along with the “dress-undress” pair, there is a “shoe-undress” pair;
• The expression “put shoes on someone” also has a figurative semantic meaning, in terms of carry out, deceive;
• They also say “shod from boots into bast shoes,” i.e. it became worse than it was;
• The term put on shoes is used in figurative everyday colloquial speech, sayings and proverbs: the expression “puts on shoes and clothes” has the meaning of material support. To live “without shoes or shoes” means: neither this nor that, this way and that.

The meaning of these verbs in Russian dictionaries

There are many of them, as well as their compilers:

1. The first edition of V. I. Dahl’s dictionary was published in the 60s of the 19th century, the latest editions - already in the 21st century;
2. According to the compiler, “put on” means to clothe, dress up in something, throw on: clothes, shoes, a shell. Put on a caftan, boots...a needle and a thread. The following explanations were given for the word “dress”: to dress someone with something, to put something on someone, to provide clothes, to cover for warmth... “Dress me with a sheepskin coat”, “to dress the young ladies”, “the trees are dressed with leaves”, etc. d.;
3. The dictionary of S.I. Ozhegov was created on the basis of the explanatory dictionary of D.N. Ushakov. The first edition was published in 1949, the 24th edition in 2007, edited by L. I. Skvortsov;
4. “Put on” has two main meanings: The first is to put on or attach something: for example, to put on glasses or a ring. The second meaning is to cover all or part of the body with some kind of clothing: “It was cold outside, and Valya decided to put on a fur coat.” The verb “to dress”, according to the author, in the first meaning seems to repeat the same meaning in terms of covering someone with something, but with the difference that it refers to a “living” object: “to cover a sick person with a blanket” or “to change clothes for a child” " In the second meaning, the essence lies in the general attitude towards someone: “Mom dressed her daughter fashionably,” or in the sense of “dressing richly,” i.e. provide someone with expensive clothes.

Language dictionaries were mainly published and are now published by the Academies of Sciences: Imperial, Soviet, Russian.

In everyday communication, we often do not attach due importance to “little things” such as the accuracy of using verbs like “dress” or “put on”, and we do not think about how to speak correctly. The examples in the article above were intended to help us understand this.

Video about the correct use of “dressing” verbs

In this video, philologist Andrei Sobolev will tell you a few more mnemonic verses for remembering the correct use of the words “put on” and “dress”:

Use of the words dress and put on.

In the Russian language there are verbs such as dress and put on. Many of us use them without even thinking about the fact that these two verbs are slightly different from each other, so they cannot be replaced. The words are paronyms, that is, they have the same meaning, but are used in completely different cases. Below we will look at in what cases it is worth using the word put on, and in which to dress.

To put on or put on clothes, things - how to speak, write correctly: the rule of the Russian language

Most often verb put on used in relation to inanimate subjects.

For example, items of clothing, that is, it is correct to say put on ( What?) a hat, put on gloves, put on mittens.
If we're talking about about animate objects, about a child or about a person, then the word is used dress. That is, you need to wear ( whom?) child.

Despite these rules, there are some exceptions.
For example, mannequin and doll are considered inanimate objects, but the fact is that the word “dress” is used for them, not put on.

In these cases, the word put on is inappropriate to use.

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What is the difference between the verbs dress and put on, dress, put on: comparison

The verb to dress and to put on have the same meaning, but are used in different cases. There are also special rules checks. That is, you can take off some clothes, so for this word you need to use the antonym put on. That is, put on and take off your hat.

If used in context a child or some other animate object, then the check word is undress - dress.

For example:

Undress a child or undress a doll.

It is stupid to use the verb undress for words such as hat or gloves. Nobody tells you to take off your gloves or take off your hat.

You can undress someone, but you can take something off. Accordingly, you can wear something, but you can dress someone.

To put on or dress: how to spell the verb in the past tense?

Verbs put on or dress have the same meaning as dress And put on, dressed, put on- are used in the same cases.

For example:

I put on my hat and dressed my daughter.

But unlike the words dressed and allotted, the verbs to put on or dress can be used in relation to animate and inanimate objects.

It's more correct to say put on clothes, but very often used put on a dress, put on a suit. Such phrases are quite appropriate, used and do not contradict the rules.

Is it right to put it on yourself, put it on someone, put it on a shirt, put it on Natasha?

There is one of the cute and unusual proverbs that is used to test the use of the words put on and clothe.

Dress Natasha, put on a shirt.

Actually the word dress used in relation to a living person, and the word put on some object or thing. These rules are also used in the case of using the verbs to put on oneself or to put on something.

If in a sentence you want to say, I want to put on a shirt, then we are talking about an inanimate object. You put on yourself ( What?) shirt or dress, put on a coat, robe, slippers, outfit, gloves. You can wear ( whom?) myself. I dress myself.

Correct spelling of words to put on or dress: examples

In general, in some cases the use of the verbs to put on and dress is quite comical. For example, you can say this: grandfather put on a fur coat or grandfather put on a fur coat. The first option is more correct, because it refers to an inanimate object, that is, a person put some object on himself. If you decipher it, then it is correct in full version should sound like this:

• The girl put on a fur coat.
• The girl dressed herself in a fur coat.
• Oksana put on headphones and overalls.
• The businessman forgot to put on his glasses and watch.
• What should I wear?
• I have nothing to wear.
• The dress was worn once.
• I put on my jeans.
• The girl is dressed in a beautiful coat.
• The girl is wearing shoes and shoe covers.

That is, she put on something. In these shortened versions, you can use the words both dressed and allotted. Although the more correct option is to put on a fur coat. Because it's a piece of clothing.

That is, if you want to check the correctness of what you said, you need to keep the pronoun in mind and pose a question. That is, you put (what?) a dress on yourself or dress (who?) yourself in a shirt, in a coat. In these cases, it is advisable to use the words dress and put on.

VIDEO: Dressing and donning

Dress and put on

Question

Which is correct: “dress” or “put on a dress”?

Verbs dress And put on - polysemantic. The meanings in which actions towards a person are indicated are as follows:

Dress - who, what. 1. To clothe someone. to some clothes. Dress a child, the sick, the wounded; Wed dress a doll, mannequin…

Put on - What. 1. To pull, push (clothes, shoes, covers, etc.), covering, enveloping something. Wear a suit, skirt, coat, jacket, shoes, mask, headphones…

Verb dress comes into combination with animate nouns (and with a small number of inanimate ones, denoting the likeness of a person: doll, mannequin, skeleton); put on - with the inanimate.

The difference in the semantics of these words is emphasized by the fact that they form different antonymic pairs: put on - take off, put on - undress .

This is confirmed by Novella Matveeva:

"Put it on", "put it on"... Two words

We confuse so stupidly!

It was a frosty dawn,

The old grandfather dressed in a fur coat.

And the fur coat, therefore, is on.

"Put it on", "put it on"... Let's take a look:

When to wear and what to wear.

I guess it's like my grandfather

Three fur coats can be worn.

But I don't think that grandfather

Can be worn on a fur coat!

Distinguish

dress And put on.

. Yu. A. Belchikov, O. I. Razheva. 2015 .

See what “dress and put on” is in other dictionaries:

dress- put on. see: put on...

Look and put on... Dictionary of difficulties of the Russian language

put on- and put it on. In meaning “to clothe oneself, to dress, to put on something; fit something on yourself” put on. Put on a coat, suit. Wear a hat and gloves. Put on your boots. Put on glasses. In meaning “to clothe someone in some kind of clothing” to dress. Dress the patient... ... Dictionary of difficulties of pronunciation and stress in modern Russian language

DRESS- DRESS, dress, dress, lead. dress, really (to dress). 1. whom what into what or with what. Put on some clothes. Dress the child. || Cover, wrap with something for warmth. Dress the horse with a blanket. Cover the patient with a blanket. 2. translation, what than. Cover... ... Dictionary Ushakova

WEAR- PUT ON, put on, put on, lead. put it on, sir. (to put on). 1. what to whom what. To cover, to clothe someone with something, to attach something to someone or something, covering, clothing. Put a cover on the furniture. Put a hat on the child. Gave him... ... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

put on- Put on, put on, we strongly recommend that you remember the difference between the verbs put on and put on, otherwise you risk revealing your ignorance in the most inappropriate environment. We will dwell on this difference in more detail when we talk about... ... Dictionary of Russian language errors

dress- Cm … Dictionary of synonyms

DRESS- DRESS, yeah, yeah; yen; childish; Sovereign 1. whom (what) in what or with what. Cover who n. what n. clothes, bedspread. O. child in a coat. O. with a blanket (cover). Winter covered the fields with snow (translated) [not to be confused with putting something on someone (what)]. 2. whom (what) ... Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

put on- what and what to what. Put on your coat. Put on glasses. Place the ring on your finger. Place the tip on the pencil. Put the backpack on your back. Alyosha put on his jacket, Kovbysh put on his father’s jacket (Gorbatov). He put on all his insignia (Chekhov). Wed. dress... Control Dictionary

dress- whom what into what or with what. Dress the child in a fur coat. Winter covered the fields with snow. The grandmother was dressed in a silk shushun and a skirt and tied with a silk scarf (Aksakov). [Katerina] brought [Ordynov] to the bed, put him to bed and dressed him with a blanket (Dostoevsky). Wed. put on... Control Dictionary

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