Usage of 'sold out'

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

My car has been sold out. No more requests, please.

Can someone please tell me if ‘sold out’ sounds fine here?

2

Just use ‘sold’ without the ‘out’ (because you are not selling a lot of cars).

3

Hi,

‘Sold out’ suggests that a particular item is no longer available for sale. It is used as follows: They have now sold out of milk in the store. This means that there is no more milk left in the store.

Alan

4

Thanks Bee and Alan!

Does its usage sound fine in this context, Alan?

5

Hi Daemon,

Which context?

Alan

6

Hi Alan,

I put my car up for sale and someone has bought it. I am asking people not to send me any more requests regarding the sale. Can I use the below lines to convey it?

My car has been sold out. No more requests, please.

7

Hi Daemon,

I’m afraid that doesn’t work. You need to refer to a number of items or a quantity of something as I indicated in my example, In your example you would simply say: My car has already been sold …

Alan

8

Hi Daemon,

I guess you didn’t believe me when I told you that in post #2. :frowning:

9

No Bee! It’s not like that.

I couldn’t quite figure out from Alan’s comments whether he was agreeing with that usage of sold out or not. So I got it clarified.

10

No worries, Daemon.
I wasn’t upset, just teasing.