"Barefoot" versus "Naked foot"

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me the difference between:

"Barefoot" and "Naked foot"

I do not think the second one is used frequently or at all for that matter!

Tom

PS: My instincts are telling me that there is some real problem of punctuation in the red sentence, but cannot diagnose it. Could you please put the required commas for me?

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

The word barefoot is an adjective and is used to say that someone isn't wearing any kind of footwear. (i.e., no shoes, socks, sandals, etc.) It decribes an ordinary or general state/condition.

Naked foot is two words: an adjective (meaning bare) describing a noun (foot). (I'm sure you must know that. )
It refers to only one foot and is not a "standard" or "everyday" collocation. So, you're right: It's unusual. However, there's nothing wrong with using the two words together --- particularly if you want to talk about something other than the fact that someone simply isn't wearing a shoe on a foot. For example, in a situation where you are looking closely at or examining someone's foot.

Regarding your sentence, what about this:
I do not think the second one is used frequently - or at all, for that matter!


Amy
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