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- DileonardoismJanuary 2021
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AussieInBgJanuary 2021 Most likely, a mistake in the text book. You are missing an article in the sentence. It should be: ”I have 2 tickets for *the* Yo Yo Ma concert tonight.” |
AussieInBgMay 2021 ”The Yo Yo Ma concert” could imply ownership of ”concert” by ”Yo Yo Ma” here - a transformation of ”The concert of Yo Yo Ma” where ”of Yo Yo Ma” describes possession of ”the concert” by ”Yo Yo Ma”.
However, ”Yo Yo Ma concert” without an article would not be standard English.
will_stewaMay 2021 There are cases where the possessive is implied.
exRangerMay 2021 I agree that the statement is missing an article, but the missing article could be indefinite -- ”a” -- or definite -- ”the” -- depending on the context. |
AussieInBgMay 2021 Ummmmm... You’ve mentioned the word ”context”. The sentence given by the poster definitely has context.
Given that there are two tickets for a very specific concert with a defined time - tonight - then it is highly unlikely that an indefinite article would be used here....
Perhaps you haven’t been to a concert for the last 30 years or more?
AlexandraK89January 2021 I dont think so,think it like this:i have 2 tickets for julliete concert tonight.its the name of the concert,its not a part of the concert |