I can already smell vs I can smell already

The correct phrase is 'I can already smell.' The adverb 'already' should come before the main verb 'smell' in this sentence structure. 'I can smell already' is not commonly used in English.

Last updated: April 08, 2024 • 209 views

I can already smell

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to express the ability to detect a scent before others can. The adverb 'already' is correctly placed before the main verb 'smell.'

Examples:

I can already smell the delicious aroma of dinner cooking in the kitchen.
She can already smell the flowers blooming in the garden.
They can already smell the smoke from the nearby fire.
He can already smell the fresh bread baking in the oven.
We can already smell the rain approaching.

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I can already smell the barbecue.
I can already smell your Emmy.
I can already smell the Chimdale salt flats.
I can already smell the enlightenment and tranquility.
I can already smell her hair.
I can already smell yours.

I can smell already

This phrase is not commonly used in English and sounds awkward.

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I can smell already
I can smell the fresh air already, Vic.
I can already smell the barbecue.
I can already smell the Chimdale salt flats.
I can already smell the enlightenment and tranquility.
I can already smell her hair.
I can already smell your Emmy.
I CAN SMELL MRS. JOHNSON ALREADY. YES, SIR.
I can tell you that this soup already smells like socks, Otis.
One usually can smell when it is already boiling, and one can see it as well as bubbles try to escape from the pot.
But sometimes the burning smell has already been carried over a wide area and there is no smoke to help you pinpoint the exact location of the fault...
We can already smell the Anticans.
It smells like somebody already made their mark.
You can already smell the snow!
Great coffee already smell when you open the package from the capsule.
Come on, Gaius, wake up and smell the psychosis already.
It already smells so good in here.
Don't you smell your corpse already?
Well, your breath smell like you already ate a bag yourself.
It already smells like coffee when Alexander Dehm arrives at the workshop manager's office in Mammoth Mountain, California.
We can already smell the Anticans.

Alternatives:

I can smell it already.
I can already detect the smell.
I can already perceive the scent.
I can already sense the aroma.
I can already pick up the scent.

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