keep noise smell in

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If you are doing something in the den, and there is a curtain separating 2 rooms, does this make sense and is it natural?

Do you think a curtain can keep a noise or smell in/from penetrating even just a little or is does it not make a difference at all?

Thank you for your help

Doctor D · Accepted Answer

There are several ways to word this.

Do you think a curtain can block a noise or smell from crossing between two rooms, even just a little, or will it not make any difference at all?

Or

Do you think a curtain can keep a noise or a smell outside a room, even slightly, or will it not make any difference?

Or

Do you think a curtain can keep a noise or smell from penetrating a room completely or will it have no effect at all?

The difficulty, other than the incorrectness of "is does it not" is that smells and noises are different physical events (so it is hard to have one verb for both). A noise is a single event. A smell takes time to travel. Also, you want to talk about degrees of keeping them outside, not yes or no.

So, perhaps:

Will a curtain soften noises and slow the travel of smells between two rooms or will it make no real difference?

Anonymous · Answer

Could you tell me if this makes sense since this touches on the subject above?

Don't make food in there, the food is going I take the smell of the ****.

Don't put water in thermostat. It'll take the taste of the coffee that had been stored in there no matter how much you wash it.

When packing your suitcase, if you have dirty clothes put them in a plastic bag. You don't want your clean clothes to take the smell of the dirty ones

You spoke of degree above, how would you express the degree in this?

How do I say that the milk has the same dose all over? Does this make sense?

I put some medicine in my babies bottle but she didn't drink the whole bottle. Is it possible that she could have taken all the medicine or did she only take half the medicine because she drank only half the bottle. The medicine is in all the bottle. All the drops of milk have the same amount of medicine in it. It has dissolved equally in the milk. The medicine is equally dispatched in the milk. One part of the milk doesn't have a higher concentration dose of the medicine than another.

This is the same problem as above:
A lethal pathogen was released in the air in the city.
Their was a higher dose/ concentration of the pathogen downtown than uptown.

Thank you very much for your help

Doctor D · Answer

Okay, let me try to sort out your sentences. Here is how I would say it:

Don't make food in there, the food is going I take the smell of the ****.
Don't make food in there because the food is going to take on the smell of the ****.

Don't put water in thermostat. It'll take the taste of the coffee that had been stored in there no matter how much you wash it.
Don't put water in the thermos bottle (NOT "thermostat"). It'll take on the taste of the coffee that had been stored in there, no matter how much you wash it.

When packing your suitcase, if you have dirty clothes put them in a plastic bag. You don't want your clean clothes to take the smell of the dirty ones
Better to say: If you have dirty clothes, put them in a plastic bag when packing your suitcase. You don't want your clean clothes to take on the smell of the dirty ones.

How do I say that the milk has the same dose all over? Does this make sense?

I put some medicine in my babies bottle but she didn't drink the whole bottle. Is it possible that she could have taken all the medicine or did she only take half the medicine because she drank only half the bottle. The medicine is in all the bottle. All the drops of milk have the same amount of medicine in it. It has dissolved equally in the milk. The medicine is equally dispatched in the milk. One part of the milk doesn't have a higher concentration dose of the medicine than another.

I put some medicine in my baby's bottle, but she didn't drink the whole bottle. Is it possible that she could have swallowed all of the medicine, or did she only receive half because she only drank half of the bottle?
[If the rest of your remarks are true, this is not a real question, because the baby could have only received half the medicine available.]
[Also, I would simplify the rest of your statements and add some more information, such as:]
When the medicine was added to the bottle of milk, it completely dissolved and was well stirred. So each part of the milk should contain the same amount of medicine as any other part.

This is the same problem as above:
A lethal pathogen was released in the air in the city.
Their was a higher dose/ concentration of the pathogen downtown than uptown.
I would say:
There was a higher (or: greater) concentration of the pathogen downtown than uptown.
[I would not say "dose" because that suggests an individual reception of the pathogen. For example: Downtown residents received a higher dose of the pathogen than those from uptown.]

I hope this answers your questions.

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