He played guitar with great skill.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone performing music on a stringed musical instrument with a high level of proficiency.

Choice of Words: Played is a verb that means to perform music on an instrument, guitar is a noun that refers to a stringed musical instrument, with is a preposition that indicates the use of something, and great and skill are adjectives that describe his level of proficiency in playing the guitar.

Alternative Expressions

The boy was a talented guitarist.

Meaning: This means that the boy was very good at playing the guitar and could make beautiful music with it.

Choice of Words: The boy refers to the person who is playing the guitar. Was means that he used to play the guitar. Talented means that he was very good at playing the guitar. Guitarist means someone who plays the guitar.

He had a gift for playing the guitar.

Meaning: This means that the person had a natural talent for playing the guitar and could make beautiful music with it.

Choice of Words: He refers to the person who is playing the guitar. Had means that he possessed a special ability. Gift means a natural talent or ability. For means that he had this ability for playing the guitar. Playing means to make music on a guitar.

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