cover vs. occupy

hirashin · 30 Apr 2012

Hello, everyone.

I have another question about English.

Are the following sentences used meaning the same thing?

(a) Tropical rain forests only cover seven percent of the Earth's surface.
(b) Tropical rain forests only occupy seven percent of the Earth's surface.

Please correct my English if needed.

Thanks in advance.

Hirashin

Casualguy393 · 30 Apr 2012

hirashin said:
Hello, everyone.
I have another question about English.
Are the following sentences used meaning the same thing?
(a) Tropical rain forests only cover seven percent of the Earth's surface.
(b) Tropical rain forests only occupy seven percent of the Earth's surface.
Please correct my English if needed.
Thanks in advance.
Hirashin

Typically, we use "Occupy" for living things, and "cover" to convey a spatial area.
So, (A) is correct.

For (B), we would say "10 people occupied the elevator", or "the restaurant occupancy is 148 people."

Hope this helps

hirashin · 1 May 2012

Thanks for the help, Casualguy393 san. Arigatou. I appreciate it.

Casualguy393 · 3 May 2012

You are welcome Hirashin. Call me CG

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