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The person who robbed the store was wearing a red jacket.

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Sentence

Narrator

The person who robbed the store was wearing a red jacket.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Giving Advice

If you saw someone robbing a store, remember details like their clothing, such as a red jacket.

Describing Habits

I always note distinguishing features, like the red jacket the suspect was wearing.

Asking About Others

Did the witness describe what the robber was wearing, like a jacket?

Sharing Hypotheticals

If the robber hadn't been wearing a red jacket, it would have been harder to identify them.

Rephrased versions

Formal

The individual who perpetrated the robbery at the store was attired in a crimson jacket.

Casual

The guy who stole from the store had on a red jacket.

Simpler English

The store robber wore a red jacket.

Phrases to learn

robbed the store

To steal from a store.

wearing a red jacket

Having a red jacket on as clothing.