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Prajwalkr Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Smells!!

Hi
I have a question about these sentences:
It smells.
It smells bad.

I have learnt that 'bad' is unnecessary here. Is it so? If yes, then can't we say:
It smells sweet.

Prajwal
  

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You can say all of these: It smells. -- Yes, this usually means that it smells bad. It smells bad.

— Mister Micawber

  • You can say all of these: It smells.
  • -- Yes, this usually means that it smells bad.
  • It smells bad.
  • It smells sweet.
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You can say all of these:

It smells.-- Yes, this usually means that it smells bad.
It smells bad.
It smells sweet.
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Hello I am an English learner come from Hong Kong and would like to give some opinions.

First of all, the word "smell" can be a adjective and it means bad smell. Therefore the meaning of "It smells." and "It smells bad." is same and the word "bad" is as unnecessary as you mentioned. Totally they have different meanings(I think only and please point out the mistake if wrong.) if you are
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In general, "It smells." is a negative statement.
It smells bad is not incorrect, neither is "It smells sweet." Nor, "It smells like roses here."
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Thank you, Mister Micawber and John Paris.
Thanks for your views too, Wing Gordon.

Prajwal
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