use of possessive with clothing

Question

This is from a FLUENCIA excerise.

The sentence to be translated was She likes to put on her red dress.

I had a a couple of errors and it gave the correct translation as:

Le gusta ponerse su vestido rojo.

My question in concerning the use of "su". I thought possessives were not used in the case.

When the sentence came up again- I corrected the other error I had and translated as Le gusta ponerse el vestido rojo.

Using "el" instead of "su". It accepted it as correct. So I am confused. The first time, why did they show the correct answer with "su"

You must put this complaint into "feedback" which is to the right of this page . Thanbk you . - ray76, Nov 29, 2015

Answer 1

Even a native Spanish speaker like myself has problems with Fluencia. It won't accept any alternatives or options. I went through the first 15 lessons myself and found myself disagreeing over vocabulary. It's not that theirs was wrong, it just wouldn't accept any alternatives.

Your sentence: "Le gusta ponerse el vestido rojo" seems fine to me. What the problem was with Fluencia I have no idea. Your are correct. It may have been just a glitch. You mentioned having made another error. Maybe that is what gave the program the hiccups.

Buena suerte con tus estudios.

I wondered that becuse when I did correct the toher error, it accepted the "el", was just suprised in showed "su" the first time. So then IO will continue with the idea that "el" is correct. THanks. - lfayb, Nov 28, 2015

Dani, would it be correct as well to use "su," as in he likes to wear "his" red vest? xx - Winkfish, Nov 29, 2015