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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
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A delivery person tells me that my apartment complex is like a maze. The unit # jumps from 1 to 10 to 5 to 8.

Could I desribe this place as a mess? Or call it messy?

Thank you for your input.
  

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You couldn't really say "a mess", but in the strictest sense you could use "messy" (a situation that is confusing and difficult to deal with). It would be awkward, and most native speakers would not use "messy" in that context. If you said: "my apartment complex is messy", it woud mean that your complex is dirty and untidy.

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  • You couldn't really say "a mess", but in the strictest sense you could use "messy" (a situation that is confusing and difficult to deal with).
  • It would be awkward, and most native speakers would not use "messy" in that context.
  • If you said: "my apartment complex is messy", it woud mean that your complex is dirty and untidy.
  • " Hope this helps.
  • John
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You couldn't really say "a mess", but in the strictest sense you could use "messy" (a situation that is confusing and difficult to deal with).

It would be awkward, and most native speakers would not use "messy" in that context.

If you said: "my apartment complex is messy", it woud mean that your complex is dirty and untidy.

To use messy in this context you would have to
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