The fragrant flowers perfumed the air sweetly.

Meaning: The flowers were smelling very nice, and they were making the air smell good.

Choice of Words: Fragrant means having a pleasant smell. Perfumed means to make something smell nice. Sweetly means in a pleasant or enjoyable way.

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The flowers with a sweet smell made the air smell nice.

Meaning: This sentence is also describing how the sweet smell of the flowers spread through the air. It's like saying, The flowers that have a sweet smell caused the air to smell sweet.

Choice of Words: Flowers are the colorful, often sweet-smelling part of a plant. Sweet means having a pleasant taste or smell. Smell is the ability to detect odors. Made means to cause something to happen or exist. Air is the invisible, tasteless gas that we breathe. Nice means pleasant or enjoyable. When you put them together, "The flowers with a sweet smell made the air smell nice" means that the flowers caused the air to have a pleasant smell.

The nice-smelling flowers made the air smell sweet.

Meaning: This sentence is a bit simpler than the previous two, but it still means the same thing. It's like saying, The flowers that smell nice caused the air to smell nice.

Choice of Words: Nice means pleasant or enjoyable. Smelling is the ability to detect odors. Flowers are the colorful, often sweet-smelling part of a plant. Made means to cause something to happen or exist. Air is the invisible, tasteless gas that we breathe. Sweet means having a pleasant taste or smell. When you put them together, "The nice-smelling flowers made the air smell sweet" means that the flowers caused the air to have a pleasant smell.

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