What does this sentence mean

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hues

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She always wears her smile to anywhere she goes.

Is this a correct sentence?
 

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It means that she always smiles wherever she goes.
Your sentence doesn't sound natural to me; I would rephrase it. "She always wears a smile everywhere/wherever she goes."
 

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She always wears her smile to anywhere she goes.
Is it ungrammatical to use 'to' before 'anywhere' which is an adverb?

Not a teacher.
 

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But remember, that "anywhere" can also be a noun
 

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It means that she always smiles wherever she goes.
Your sentence doesn't sound natural to me; I would rephrase it. "She always wears a smile everywhere/wherever she goes."

The "always" is superfluous.
 

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Welcome to the forum, hues.:-D

Please note that a better title would have been She always wears her smile...

Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'
 
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