How would you say you "stopped wearing" something?


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。」

