Several questions about short sentence

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Hi!I have several questions about the sentence. Is "smells" okay here? Does the word have positive meaning? Can I use "waves" as a verb? Does the last underlined part look okay?The air smells like pinetrees and sea which waves nereby, only ten-minute stroll away. Thanks a lot!

GPY · Accepted Answer

"smells" is OK. "pine trees" is two words. I would say "The air smells of pine trees". In this context, I think most people would associate positive connotations with this statement. If you want something more positive you could use the word "scent", e.g. "the air carries the scent of pine trees".

The underlined part should say "only a ten-minute stroll away".

The middle part does not work. You cannot say "sea which waves". You can say "The air smells of pine trees, and the sea is only a ten-minute stroll away". I'm not sure how you want to incorporate the idea of waves. We understand that there are waves on the sea. Do you want to emphasise that the sea is rough?

Ayan86 · Answer

Thank you a lot! That was a great answer <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

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