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Teo Posted 20 years ago
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get/buy plane tickets
1 font 00 They couldn't __ plane tickets. (A) get (B) buy 02 font 02 br
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Teo 12 cite 12 br 11 font 10 They couldn't __ plane tickets. 12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 11 font 00 Hello Teo 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Both are correct. However (A) 01 i 00 get 02 i 00 would only be used in informal spoken language, not formal spoken or written language.
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 Teo 12 cite 12 br 11 font 10 They couldn't __ plane tickets.
- 12 br 12 br 12 blockquote 11 font 00 Hello Teo 02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Both are correct.
- However (A) 01 i 00 get 02 i 00 would only be used in informal spoken language, not formal spoken or written language.
- Here it means 01 i 00 to acquire 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 buy 02 i 00 .
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01 cite 10 Teo 12 cite 12 br11 font 00 Hello Teo 02 font 0
11 font 10 They couldn't __ plane tickets. (A) get (B) buy 12 font 12 br
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10 If the tickets were sold out, which is the correct choice? 12 br
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01 cite 10 Murasaki 12 cite 11 blockquote11 cite 20 Teo 22 cite 22 br
21 font 20 They couldn't __ plane tickets. (A) get (B) buy 22 font 22 br
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20 If the tickets were sold out, which is the correct choice? 22 br
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0 1. X couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 – This could apply in as many different contexts as there are reasons for not buying tickets: 02 br
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00 a) He was arrested last night, so he couldn't buy the tickets for the match. 02 br
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00 b) He had no money, so he couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 c) The airport ble
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00 – This could apply in as many different contexts as there are reasons for not buying tickets: 02 br
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00 a) He was arrested last night, so he couldn't buy the tickets for the match. 02 br
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00 b) He had no money, so he couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 c) The airport ble
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0 1. X couldn't 01 font 00 buy the tickets 02 font 00 . 02 br
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00 a) He was arrested last night, so he couldn't buy the tickets for the match. 02 br
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00 b) He had no money, so he couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 c) The airport blew up, so they couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 a) He was arrested last night, so he couldn't buy the tickets for the match. 02 br
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00 b) He had no money, so he couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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00 c) The airport blew up, so they couldn't buy the tickets. 02 br
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0 Hello Teo 02 br
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00 You could also use "get" if the tickets were free – complimentary tickets, for instance; so perhaps "he couldn't get tickets" = "he didn't succeed in obtaining tickets". 02 br
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00 You 01 i 00 could 02 i 00 say "couldn't buy tickets"; but it seems much less usual (500 googles against 11,000 for "get"). 02 br
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00 You could also use "get" if the tickets were free – complimentary tickets, for instance; so perhaps "he couldn't get tickets" = "he didn't succeed in obtaining tickets". 02 br
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00 You 01 i 00 could 02 i 00 say "couldn't buy tickets"; but it seems much less usual (500 googles against 11,000 for "get"). 02 br
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