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Hello there, how to ask people "someone sit beside him or her or not?
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Is anyone sitting beside him/her?
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Old 22-Jun-2006, 18:08
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Or perhaps: "Is anyone sitting next to you?"

If you're asking about the best way to ask if you may sit in a particular seat, I think the most polite and idiomatically natural question might be: "Is this seat taken?"
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