[Grammar] Have you cleaned your room already?

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beachboy

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1) Have you cleaned your room already?
2) Have you already cleaned your room?

I understand that already in questions suggests surprise - the asker is not actually asking a question. Is sentence 2) as commonly used as sentence 1)?
 
I would more likely express surprise through #1.
 
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