Showing posts with label wear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wear. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

where, wear, ware, where's, wears

Where or where means in what place or location--
Where is the bakery?
Where are you going?

Where's or where's is a contraction (short, informal form ) of  "where is"--
Where's the bakery?
Where's the beef?

Wear or wear means to put on one's body as an article of clothing, piece of jewelry, cosmetic or toiletry-- 
The baker will wear a tall white hat.
She wants to wear it for a Halloween costume.

Wears or wears is the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of  "wear"--
He wears a tall white hat. 
Who wears a tall white hat?
The baker wears a tall white hat.

Ware or ware is a type of things made or offered for sale. Wares or wares is the plural (more than one) of things made or offered for sale--
The baker's wares are delicious. He has pies and cakes.
"Said Simple Simon to the pie man let me taste your wares..."

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Where is the baker who wears a tall white hat while selling his wares?"

Note--"beware" (one word) is connected to "wary", meaning careful or suspicious--
Beware of dog.
Note # 2--be aware ( two words) means to take notice or be informed of--
It's important to be aware of recent changes in the school dress code.
Note # 3--"ware" is used as part of an expression meaning  a particular type of "ware"--
The antique dealer had granite ware, spatter ware and other tin ware for sale.