1. I can smell something burning. (transitive, By accident or stative, i.e. involuntarily) 2. I am smelling the fragrance of a rose.(transitive, on purpose or dynamic, i.e. voluntarily) Now my question is that: a. Is "the smell verb" used transitively when it senses an odor maybe by accident (involuntarily) or on purpose (voluntarily) as above?
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