sold out

These are OK:

(a) Everything is sold out.

All the food was sold out.

All the food and drinks were sold out.

Hi Mister Micawber,

Shouldn't it be 'everything was sold out' instead of 'everything is sold out'? I mean 'sold out' already means that something has been sold out. It has been sold out in the past.

Thank you.

Best wishes,

PBF

No.

Is is about the state now, being sold out now.

But you could say, IMO:

This stuff sold out yesterday, so it's sold out now.

Ah, I think I know what the difference is now. Thank you, Marius Hancu.

So, 'The books were sold out yesterday' has the same meaning as 'The books are sold out now'. Am I right?
Also, I wonder if I could say 'The books are sold out today'.

Thank you again.

Best wishes,

PBF

You can use either was or is, but the example in the original post was in the present.

Everything is sold out. We can go home now.

More people came to the fair yesterday than we expected. Everything was sold out. I've ordered twice as many supplies for today.

Thank you for replying to my post, Grammar Geek.

Sorry but I still don't completely get it. I mean in your sentence 'Everthing is sold out. We can go home now', 'is sold out' is describing the state of the 'everything' while 'Everything was sold out yesterday' is describing the action of the goods being sold out, right?

Thank you again.

Best wishes,

PBF

yes, exactly

Okay. Good. Thank you for confirming that, Grammar Geek.

Best wishes,

PBF