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0 That sounds odd to me. What you have in the original sounds more natural. 0-

0"Take her spot" doesn't work for something like movie tickets. It works for things like a meeting, for which a specific number of people were invited. When my boss couldnt' go, I took his spot and let him know what happened. If there were reserevations or some other limits on who can attend, you take someone's spot. 0-

0>Can I describe the action as "I got a friend to take her spot"? What would you say?02br
00This can generate the idea that this friend replaced her 01b00as a girlfriend02b05000, if you don't clarify the context. Don't think you want01b00 that. 02b010id1

0Gosh, I didn't even think of that! Good point!0-

0Thanks everyone. So, I should just say "I invited a friend to join me." 0-

0That's totally fine. Not wanting the ticket to go to waste, I invited a friend to join me. Perfect.0-

0Another interesting choice of words. "Not wanting the ticket 01i00to go to waste02i00". Is it just me that "to go to waste" sounds more in place than "Not wanting to waste the ticket"? 0-

0I'm not quite sure what you mean by saying it "sounds more in place."02br
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00It seems to me that I'd find it too bad that you waste time, waste money, waste water, or waste other natural resources, but I'm less likely to think about you "wasting a ticket" - instead I'd say you "let the ticket go to waste."02br
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00It could just be personal preferen

0I think I should start a new thread on in place vs out of place. I hope I'll get some answer from you on that. Also, thanks for the explanation on waste, GG.0-