I hear these mistakes all the time:
- I dress accurately!
- I am an accurate person
But our "accurate" doesn't really correspond to the Russian "аккуратный."
Our "accurate" means that you are or that something is precise, not careful or orderly.
- An accurate machine
- An accurate description
- The figures concerning the low levels of British education are accurate.
- Her novel is an accurate reflection of life spent with sheep in Wales.
- We hope to become more accurate in predicting the emotions of sheep.
So we would say:
- I dress properly, neatly etc
- I am an attentive person / I pay attention to detail etc
We CAN say: I am quite accurate when taking measurements (accurate when DOING smth)
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