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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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clothes give off musty smell
If there are clothes that give off this musty smell in the bedroom and someone says
Is that natural to say
Could you close the door to prevent it from sticking up the rest of the house?
Is it natural to say 'clothes that give off musty smell'?
If there are clothes that give off this musty smell....
Thanks
Is that natural to say
Could you close the door to prevent it from sticking up the rest of the house?
Is it natural to say 'clothes that give off musty smell'?
If there are clothes that give off this musty smell....
Thanks
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I would say "There are clothes that give off a musty smell in the bedroom. " In your examples, you might be thinking of "stink up" which is an American phrase - if you want to use it you could say "Could you close the door to prevent the smell from stinking up the rest of the house?
- I would say "There are clothes that give off a musty smell in the bedroom.
- " In your examples, you might be thinking of "stink up" which is an American phrase - if you want to use it you could say "Could you close the door to prevent the smell from stinking up the rest of the house?
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I would say "There are clothes that give off a musty smell in the bedroom. Could you close the door to prevent the smell from spreading to the rest of the house?"
In your examples, you might be thinking of "stink up" which is an American phrase - if you want to use it you could say "Could you close the door to prevent the smell from stinking up the rest of the house?
In your examples, you might be thinking of "stink up" which is an American phrase - if you want to use it you could say "Could you close the door to prevent the smell from stinking up the rest of the house?
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