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[jays]

Are both dressing and dressed correct in the following sentence?
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An old Scottish guide [dressing/dressed] in a kilt will gladly take you through its many dark hallways.

[buddhaheart]

An old Scottish guide (*dressing) dressed in a kilt will gladly take you through its many dark hallways. Only the past participle can be used here. You can expand the sentence to see it: An old Scottish guide who (is) dressed in a kilt will gladly take you through its many dark hallways.