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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
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Despite so many years having passed, I can still...
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Could you please help me make this sentence natural? I am not sure of my choice of the yellow parts.
(Person reminiscing about his childhood)
Despite so many years having passed, I can still smell the aroma of the fresh cakes and biscuits permeated/settled in our street, permanently issuing from the grand bakery.
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Despite so many years having passed, I can still smell the aroma of the fresh cakes and biscuits permanently permeated/settled in our street, issuing from the grand bakery.
Thanks,
Tom
Could you please help me make this sentence natural? I am not sure of my choice of the yellow parts.
(Person reminiscing about his childhood)
Despite so many years having passed, I can still smell the aroma of the fresh cakes and biscuits permeated/settled in our street, permanently issuing from the grand bakery.
or
Despite so many years having passed, I can still smell the aroma of the fresh cakes and biscuits permanently permeated/settled in our street, issuing from the grand bakery.
Thanks,
Tom
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So many years have passed, but I can still smell the fresh cakes and biscuits whose aroma , issuing from the big bakery, permeated our street.
- So many years have passed, but I can still smell the fresh cakes and biscuits whose aroma , issuing from the big bakery, permeated our street.
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So many years have passed, but I can still smell the fresh cakes and biscuits whose aroma, issuing from the big bakery, permeated our street.
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I'm grateful!
MM, doesn't it happen sometimes that some smells permeate some places forever - I mean, the moment you enter that place your nostrils are filled with that particular smell. And if you feel the same smell somewhere else, you've a deja vu, I mean, that smell takes you back to that particular place. So, in my original sentence, I was trying to give the sense of "permanence".
MM, doesn't it happen sometimes that some smells permeate some places forever - I mean, the moment you enter that place your nostrils are filled with that particular smell. And if you feel the same smell somewhere else, you've a deja vu, I mean, that smell takes you back to that particular place. So, in my original sentence, I was trying to give the sense of "permanence".
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The word is unnecessary. 'Permeate' alone is strong enough.
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