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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #1 (permalink) Mon May 22, 2006 0:30 am   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Agatha Christie test questions", question 6

The police found her ......... flat but there was no sign of Agatha Christie.

(a) empty
(b) emptiness
(c) empty space

English Grammar Tests, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #103 "Agatha Christie test questions", answer 6

The police found her empty flat but there was no sign of Agatha Christie.

Correct answer: (a) empty

Your answer was: incorrect
The police found her empty space flat but there was no sign of Agatha Christie.
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Why is not correct empty space?

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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #2 (permalink) Mon May 22, 2006 6:23 am   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

Why "space" if there is already a "flat"."Space" is redundant.
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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #3 (permalink) Mon May 22, 2006 9:48 am   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

pamela wrote:
Why "space" if there is already a "flat". "Space" is redundant.

Unless Agatha Christie had a flat in space, that is Smile . Maybe in a space station or even on the moon. At least people do such things as buy a piece of land on the moon Rolling Eyes !!
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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #4 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 17:45 pm   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

There is a mistake in the question. it was ''The police found her flat empty and there was no sign of Agatha Christie''.
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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #5 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 18:06 pm   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

Hi,

That's just another way of saying the same thing.

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'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat' #6 (permalink) Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:22 am   'empty space flat' vs. 'empty flat'
 

Alan, you're right, but not completely. We can say both "find her emply flat" (1) or "find her flat empty" (2). Normally for (1), the status of her flat (emply) is not a bid deal. Instead, we want to concentrate on the fact that we finally find her flat (so "empty" is just like a bonus, kind of extra information). However for (2), "empty" here is very important. With this sentence, we intentionally search / comb her flat and it is empty (the result that we find). Hope this can help.

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