questioning my eng. teacher

houstonblue
Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:43:01 +0000

i asked my teacher to proofread my essay because i love her to death and she’s awesome!

BUT, i doubt her advice on this:

i wrote: " I smelt it in the air."

she said to change it to “I smelled it in the air.” because smelt is not the right word.

what do you think?