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Roky0071 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

"Ticket to bollywood'' what does it mean?

Ticket to Bollywood, Ticket to Hollywood etc. My questions are as follows:
1. What do they really mean?
2. Why is the preposition 'to' used here instead of 'for'?
3. Do Ticket to Bollywood and Ticket for Bollywood carry the same meaning?

  

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". g. "Two tickets to London, please".

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  • g.
  • "Two tickets to London, please".
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  • referring to an opportunity within the film industry rather than literally a ticket).
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"ticket for ~" tends to refer to an event; e.g "Do you have a ticket for the concert tonight?". "ticket to ~" tends to refer to the destination of a journey; e.g. "Two tickets to London, please". I imagine that your examples, in the context in which you have seen them, are probably metaphorical (i.e. referring to an opportunity within the film industry rather than literally a ticket). "to" wou

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roky0071Ticket to Bollywood,

That is something an aspiring actor or actress would think about..

I want a ticket to Bollywood. My dream is to be a famous, highly-paid actor in Bollywood movies.

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