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there is a room already accupied

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09:38 Oct 26, 2001
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Marketing
English term or phrase: there is a room already accupied
there is a room already accupied
i want to ask you that accupy mean already possession so why we use already with accupy ? please clear my concept .
junaid qaiser
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Explanation:
Normally you would say, "I'm sorry the room is occupied" and not already occupied. To understand why someone would say it is *already* occupied you have to understand the particular situation. For example, I go to a hotel and ask if a room is available and the clerk says yes. I leave and return 10 minutes later and someone else has already taken the vacant room. So the clerk says, "it's already occupied." The meaning is that it was vacant a few minutes ago, but now it's not.
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:27
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4 +9See answer below
Kim Metzger
5 +3Hi Junaid.
mónica alfonso


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Hi Junaid.


Explanation:
I think it should be OCCUPIED.
In case the context for this is a hotel, a hostel or something of the like, the word occupied means that something has already taken a room. You are not the first guest here.
With so little context, I cannot give you more details.
Hope it helps!


mónica alfonso
Local time: 16:27
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kim Metzger: someone has taken a room
10 mins
  -> Thanks, Kim
agree  Nina Engberg
50 mins
  -> Thank you, Nina
agree  athena22
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, athena
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
See answer below


Explanation:
Normally you would say, "I'm sorry the room is occupied" and not already occupied. To understand why someone would say it is *already* occupied you have to understand the particular situation. For example, I go to a hotel and ask if a room is available and the clerk says yes. I leave and return 10 minutes later and someone else has already taken the vacant room. So the clerk says, "it's already occupied." The meaning is that it was vacant a few minutes ago, but now it's not.


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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2249
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nina Engberg
34 mins
agree  Tom Funke: plus, desk clerks (among others) aren't always entirely accurate in their diction :-)
2 hrs
agree  Camara: Very nice explanation! Congrats.
2 hrs
agree  Werner George Patels, M.A., C.Tran.(ATIO) (X): Excellent explanation (shows true teaching talent).
3 hrs
agree  AngelaMR: Outstanding explanation!
6 hrs
agree  Mary Worby: It could also mean that the room has gone quicker than expected, it only became available this morning ..(-:
16 hrs
agree  jamali2000
23 hrs
agree  Kemal Mustajbegovic
1 day 19 hrs
agree  Louise Norman
13 days
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