Man enters building and smiles.

Meaning: A person goes inside a structure and expresses happiness.

Choice of Words: "Man" is a person, "enters" means to go or come into a place, "building" is a structure with a roof and walls, "and" is used to connect two words, phrases, or clauses, "smiles" means to form a smile with the mouth.

Alternative Expressions

A man walks into a building with a smile on his face.

Meaning: This sentence also tells us that a grown-up male person went inside a building, but it adds that he was smiling as he did so.

Choice of Words: Instead of "man," we use "a man" to specify that we're talking about one particular grown-up male person. "Walks into" means to enter a place by walking. "With a smile on his face" means that the man is smiling as he enters the building.

The man who was outside is now inside the building, and he's smiling.

Meaning: This sentence tells us the same thing as the first two sentences, but it does it in a more detailed way.

Choice of Words: This sentence uses more words to explain the same thing. "The man who was outside" refers to the same person as "man" in the first sentence. "Is now inside the building" means that he has entered the building. "And he's smiling" means that he is still smiling.

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