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Hi! Is there a difference between "smell nice" and "smell nicely"?
Examples:
1) She smelt the rose. It smelt nice.
2) I smell nicely.
My interpretation is that the former means "The rose has a nice smell" ( smell is a linking verb and nice is an adjective which refers to the subject "it") whereas the latter means "I can perceive the smell of something with my nose." (but I do not know how to explain that in a clearer way.)
In the first part of 1) is the verb smell used as a transitive verb?
She (subject) smelt (transitive verb) the rose (object).
Examples:
1) She smelt the rose. It smelt nice.
2) I smell nicely.
My interpretation is that the former means "The rose has a nice smell" ( smell is a linking verb and nice is an adjective which refers to the subject "it") whereas the latter means "I can perceive the smell of something with my nose." (but I do not know how to explain that in a clearer way.)
In the first part of 1) is the verb smell used as a transitive verb?
She (subject) smelt (transitive verb) the rose (object).