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Inggris Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Buy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3269118/Greg-Sheen-travels-Stansted-Kos-son-s-passport.html

"A British holidaymaker claims he was able to breeze through airport security checkpoints in London and Greece while using a passport that belongs to his teenage son.

...............................................He was turned away and forced to travel to Rhodes, where he bought a temporary passport that allowed him to fly home the following day. ................................................

.........................................Despite being four years younger, having a different first name and the name of his ticket being different to that on the passport, Elliot was still allowed to board his flight with easyJet.

He didn’t realise the mistake until the last day of his holiday.

Elliot was forced to spend an extra night on the island and buy an emergency passport from the British Consulate for £331 in order to fly home."

Is it proper to use "buy" in this story? Emotion: thinking
  

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inggris Is it proper to use "buy" in this story? I cannot say; I would need details of the transactions referred to.

— Mister Micawber

  • inggris Is it proper to use "buy" in this story?
  • I cannot say; I would need details of the transactions referred to.
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inggrisIs it proper to use "buy" in this story?
I cannot say; I would need details of the transactions referred to.
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inggrisIs it proper to use "buy" in this story?
Yes. People normally have to pay for their passports.
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Elliot was forced to spend an extra night on the island and (to) buy an emergency passport from the British Consulate for £331 in order to fly home."
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I would have used 'acquire'. It's similar to buy , but normally entails at least some kind of formal procedure. You can, however, buy a passport on the black market.
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IvanhrYou can, however, buy a passport on the black market.
Not just in that way. Even when acquiring a genuine passport through official means, people still have to pay for it.
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Anonymouspeople still have to pay for it.
Yes, they do. Anyway, I still prefer 'acquire' there.
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IvanhrYes, they do. Anyway, I still prefer 'acquire' there.
Well, you can tell the Daily Mail newspaper reporter that his verb usage is bit off.
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Technically, you don't 'buy' a British passport, as it remains the property of the British government. However, as you have to hand over money for it and, in normal circumstances, the government allows you to keep it, few people outside government service would find the word 'buy' strange, although few of us use it. We normally 'get' a passport..
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fivejedjonWe normally 'get' a passport..
Same in the US. But I think the reporter used "buy" because the cost of the temporary document was much higher than a normal passport that is valid for ten years!
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IvanhrI would have used 'acquire'. It's similar to buy , but normally entails at least some kind of formal procedure. You can, however, buy a passport on the black market.
http://www.thejournal.ie/deportation-ireland-australia-passport-2393
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