Empty/emptied
Michael walks up to the buffet and fills his plate.
Later:
Michael sits at a table, his plate empty/emptied.
Are both empty and emptied okay here?
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anonymous Are both empty and emptied okay here? I'm going to say no. "Emptied" would have mean that it had something on it before, but the word is pretty much exclusively used for containers with sides that had something in them.
- anonymous Are both empty and emptied okay here?
- I'm going to say no.
- "Emptied" would have mean that it had something on it before, but the word is pretty much exclusively used for containers with sides that had something in them.
- Also, you do not mean that something had been removed from the plate but that there simply was nothing on it.
- When a person eats everything on his plate, we say he has cleaned his plate, believe it or not.
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anonymousAre both empty and emptied okay here?
I'm going to say no. "Emptied" would have mean that it had something on it before, but the word is pretty much exclusively used for containers with sides that had something in them. Also, you do not mean that something had been removed from the plate but that there simply was nothing on it. When a person
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