They praised him for his creativity and talent.

Meaning: This sentence describes the family's expression of appreciation for the boy's artistic abilities and skills.

Choice of Words: Praised is the past tense of the verb Praise, which means to express admiration or approval for someone or something. Creativity refers to the ability to create new and original ideas, while Talent refers to a natural ability or skill in a particular area.

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The people said he was great at coming up with new and cool ideas.

Meaning: This means that a group of people told someone that they were very good at thinking of new and interesting ideas.

Choice of Words: The people refers to a group of people. Said means to speak or write something. He refers to the person being talked about. Was great means very good. Coming up means creating or thinking of something. New means not existing before. Cool means interesting or exciting. Ideas are thoughts or plans.

Everyone told him he was really smart and had a gift for creating new stuff.

Meaning: This means that all the people told someone that they were very intelligent and had a natural ability for coming up with new things.

Choice of Words: Everyone refers to all the people. Told means to say or write something to someone. Him refers to the person being talked about. He was really smart means he was very intelligent. Had a gift means a natural ability or talent. Creating means making or coming up with something new. New stuff means things that haven't existed before.

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