A concert by/of/from Madonna

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HelloWhich preposition would be suitable in sentence 1?And what do you think about sentence 2? To me, it sounds like it's a specific concert, yet what I would like to express is a concert (one of the many).1. I went to a concert by/of/from Madonna.2. I went to Madonna's concert.Or would you put it differently?Your help is much appreciated.Kunsan

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

I would use Madonna as an adjective: I went to a Madonna concert.

CB

Kunsan · Answer

Thank you for your comment! That would indeed be a good alternative.
I would like to hear your comment on the grammaticallity of the two sentences in my post as well.

MrPernickety · Answer

I went to...

1. ...a concert by Madonna

2. ...Madonna's concert

3. ...a Madonna concert

For further info, go to this link: http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/6986-s.html

PS: I would like to hear your comment on the Grammar of the two sentences in my post as well.

Kunsan · Answer

Thank you very much for your comment! The link is also very useful.

PS: I looked up 'grammaticality' (with one 'l', that is) in several dictionaries and it seems to be a correct word as well (online dictionary entries http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grammaticality and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammaticality and here). Yet 'grammar' would definitely be the easier word of the two.

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