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User_gary Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Seat is vacant/empty
When seats in the bus are not vacant/empty, I stand and travel.
Please check if the machine(a gym machine) to the left is empty/vacant, if it is vacant you use it. Otherwise wait in queue.
Are these sentences correct?
Please check if the machine(a gym machine) to the left is empty/vacant, if it is vacant you use it. Otherwise wait in queue.
Are these sentences correct?
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The words empty and vacant mean the same thing in those examples, so you would only need to use one of them. Besides that, yes those sentences do work. When seats in the bus are not vacant, I stand and travel is grammatically correct.
- The words empty and vacant mean the same thing in those examples, so you would only need to use one of them.
- Besides that, yes those sentences do work.
- When seats in the bus are not vacant, I stand and travel is grammatically correct.
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The words empty and vacant mean the same thing in those examples, so you would only need to use one of them. Besides that, yes those sentences do work. When seats in the bus are not vacant, I stand and travel is grammatically correct.
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User_garyWhen seats in the bus are not vacant/empty, I stand and travel.There is no need for 'not vacant' or 'not empty'. That's more negation than necessary.
When (all of) the seats in the bus are occupied, I stand.
But also, When there is no [vacant/empty] seat in the bus, I stand. (Either vacant or empty wor
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User_garySo we can't say empty or vacant for a machine?No, now that you mention it. Machines are unoccupied, I'd say.
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