Free, open or empty
Hi, there
If you are at a gas station and there’s a line for almost every pump, except one, what could you say ? “Look, there’s no line for that pump”, “That pump is open”, “That pump is free”?
What could you say?
What if I am at a supermarket and there is a checkout where there is no line? Should I say “Let’s go to that checkout TWO LANES OVER. It is OPEN” or “It is EMPTY” or “It is FREE”? What could I say? Free, open or empty”?
Thank you!
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Answers · 5
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Thank you very much, Bill! But would you say “That checkout two lanes over is free”
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I'm from a different country than the other folks who answered you, but I agree with them. All three are okay, but I would normally say "that pump is free".
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I would also say free but all are correct
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In both situations all three of your sentences are fine and could easily be used. I would say that using free in both these situations is most common, at least in my part of the world
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