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How would you go about saying you "stopped wearing" something? I'm trying to say "I stopped wearing uniforms at X high school." and I'm incredibly tripped up by how to put verbs into this sentence.
I know how to say I was wearing something (「...きました。」) and that I wasn't wearing something (「...きませんでした。」), but I cant quite figure out how to say "stopped wearing".
Is 「Xこうこうでユニフォームをきるのをとまりました。」 correct?
Is 「Xこうこうでユニフォームをきるのをとまりました。」 correct?
No, it is not though it was a nice try. Why not?
Mostly because you used 「とまる」, which is an intransitive verb. You can never say 「～～をとまる」. (You must say 「～～をとめる」 as 「とめる」 is transitive.)
In this context, however, 「やめる」 would be a far more natural verb choice than 「とめる」. You can say:
「Xこうこうではユニフォームをきるのをやめました。」
More naturally, we would use 「制服{せいふく}」 over 「ユニフォーム」, but that has nothing to do with grammar.
Advanced learners would need to know to say:
「X高校{こうこう}では制服を廃止{はいし}しました。」
I stopped wearing uniforms at X high school.
Although the above sentence given by the questioner should have only one meaning, since my understanding of English is insufficient, I understand it as the following two possible meanings.
Apart from the intention of the questioner, I'll try to present natural Japanese for each of these two interpretations.
I am an authoritative person who can change the rules of this high school like the principal.
So, I decided to change school rules and abolish the students' uniforms or teachers' uniforms.
私｛わたし｝はＸ高校｛こうこう｝の（生徒｛せいと｝または教職員｛きょうしょくいん｝の）制服｛せいふく｝着用｛ちゃくよう｝を廃止｛はいし｝した。
I am a student of X High School. In school rules, you are free to wear uniforms or wear plain clothes or casual clothes at school. I had been wearing uniforms until recently, but I decided to go to school with plain clothes.
私{わたし}はＸ高校｛こうこう｝に制服｛せいふく｝で行｛い｝くことをやめた。
