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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

moulding or frame of the door

Does that make any sense? Is it a frame or moulding around the door itself?
How to put the sentence into a correct form?

My door when closed bangs against the moulding or the frame, and makes this annoying noise when there is a draft in the house.

thanks a lot
  

Top answer

" "The door frame" and "the window frame" are common expressions in the US. "When closed" is ambiguous. Do you mean it bangs when someone closes it?

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  • " "The door frame" and "the window frame" are common expressions in the US.
  • "When closed" is ambiguous.
  • Do you mean it bangs when someone closes it?
  • ) Or do you mean when the door has been closed for a period of time, it makes a banging sound without anyone touching it?
  • ) Are you talking about two different sounds?
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I'd say "the frame" is the right choice, but some people might call it "the molding." "The door frame" and "the window frame" are common expressions in the US.

"When closed" is ambiguous.
Do you mean it bangs when someone closes it? (Most doors do that when you "slam" them.)
Or do you mean when the door has been closed for a period of time, it makes a banging sound without anyo
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I think the verb usually used for that is "rattle". Doors and windows rattle in their frames.
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