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Sb70012 Posted 9 years ago
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Jennifer Lopez's concert / Jennifer Lopez concert.

1. How much are the balcony tickets to Elton John's concert? (correct)

2. Hi I need two tickets to Jennifer Lopez's concert. (wrong)

3. Hi I need two tickets to Jennifer Lopez concert. (correct)


Hi,

I asked this question in WR forum but couldn't understand their responses. Why is "Jennifer Lopez's concert" wrong when "Elton John's concert" is correct? They both have the same construction.


Thank you.

  

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There are two issues. The first is whether it is better, irrespective of X, to say: a) "tickets to/for X's concert" b) "tickets to/for the X concert" The person at the WR forum prefers (b), and I agree, though (a) is not wrong. The second issue is whether (b) is more preferable when X = "Jennifer Lopez" than when X = "Elton John", because of the awkwardness of the sound combinations at the end of "Lopez's".

— GPY

  • There are two issues.
  • The first is whether it is better, irrespective of X, to say: a) "tickets to/for X's concert" b) "tickets to/for the X concert" The person at the WR forum prefers (b), and I agree, though (a) is not wrong.
  • The second issue is whether (b) is more preferable when X = "Jennifer Lopez" than when X = "Elton John", because of the awkwardness of the sound combinations at the end of "Lopez's".
  • The person at the WR forum thinks it is.
  • sb70012 2.
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There are two issues. The first is whether it is better, irrespective of X, to say:

a) "tickets to/for X's concert"
b) "tickets to/for the X concert"

The person at the WR forum prefers (b), and I agree, though (a) is not wrong.

The second issue is whether (b) is more preferable when X = "Jennifer Lopez" than when X = "Elton John", because of the awkwardness of the sound c

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Hello again.
I have two more questions:


Do you think "the Elton John concert" is also better than "Elton John's concert"?

And can "a Jennifer Lopez concert" work as well as "the Jennifer Lopez concert"

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