with beautiful smile

The second makes it clear that it's the girl who has the smile. Why did you switch from people to persons?

You also might want to say "walked over to."

A lovely little girl (with) a beautiful smile (on her face), walked to the two people.

Grammar GeekThe second makes it clear that it's the girl who has the smile. Why did you switch from people to persons?

You also might want to say "walked over to."

Thanks, GG and Marius.
Now I get it.
It has been my wrong concept that when it comes to a few people, it's better to use "persons."

GG, I know the meaning of 'over' in this context. I wonder why walk to is not as natural.

GG said:

>You also might want to say "walked over to."
Yes, or IMO "came/walked up to"
GB hits:
721 on "walked over to them"
1208 on "came up to them"
753 on "walked up to them"

I know what she said. I believe she made the suggestion on the basis of naturalness, therefore, I asked what walk to sounds to her ear that makes it not as natural.

With all due respect, the searches are abused (sorry, the word shouldn't be taken as offensive. I used it for a lack of a better word). For example, do a search for "I" and "him" or "John", can you infer than "John" is less na

>I believe you do not mean ":walked over" is less natural than the others.
when the stats are this close, I couldn't have done that inference
I said:
Yes, or IMO "came/walked up to"

I see. Just a suggestion. It helps us (learners) to be able to read experts' minds. It helps if hits/counts are accompanied with some inferences. A short one will do, like I still prefer this over that or they are about the same as shown. The difference between the numbers can sometimes be misunderstood by learners to mean the opposite. Of course, you are already helping us a lot by just answering

N2G, I usually think of "walk to" as going to a destination, a physical location. We can walk to the store. My sister lives so close I can walk to her house.

If you are simply crossing the room, or the courtyard, or moving from one bench in the park to the other, you tend to say "she walked over to the other bench" or simply "she went to the book shelf." (Within a room, if someone moves

Grammar GeekWithin a room, if someone moves from one side to the other, we can presume she walked, rather than flew,

If I understand you correct, why stating the obvious with "walk to", right?