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Zbig Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
(The tickets)
Hi. In these examples:
1. You can buy tickets online or in person.
2. If you can't buy tickets in person, you might have to buy tickets online.
3. 'Do you remember you wanted to invite me to the A show?'
'Yes. The offer is still good.'
'Great! Well . . . did you buy tickets?'
I have not used the definite article before 'tickets' in all three examples above. I suppose I could say 'the tickets' in #3 (as in 'the tickets you were supposed to buy/the tickets we need to go to the show'), but I think the definite article is not necessary even in #3. Without the article it means 'did you buy any/some tickets'.
Have I made any errors?
Thank you,
Zbig
1. You can buy tickets online or in person.
2. If you can't buy tickets in person, you might have to buy tickets online.
3. 'Do you remember you wanted to invite me to the A show?'
'Yes. The offer is still good.'
'Great! Well . . . did you buy tickets?'
I have not used the definite article before 'tickets' in all three examples above. I suppose I could say 'the tickets' in #3 (as in 'the tickets you were supposed to buy/the tickets we need to go to the show'), but I think the definite article is not necessary even in #3. Without the article it means 'did you buy any/some tickets'.
Have I made any errors?
Thank you,
Zbig
Top answer
That's all fine. In #2, use a pronoun to avoid repetition of 'tickets'..
- That's all fine.
- In #2, use a pronoun to avoid repetition of 'tickets'..
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That's all fine.
In #2, use a pronoun to avoid repetition of 'tickets'..
In #2, use a pronoun to avoid repetition of 'tickets'..
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