How can the answer in the following test question be "it"? Mr. Akagi was unable to buy tickets for the concert because it/they was sold out.
The concert will start tomorrow at 6:00 pm. Or The concert starts tomorrow at 6:00 pm.
I have two tickets for (to) a concert. I have two tickets of a concert. The first is a correct sentence, but the second is wrong. Why can't we use the phrase "tickets of?"
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As above, it is never correct to say "on the concert". There's also a special idiom, "in concert," used to indicate that a person is performing: Come see Paul McCartney in concert this Tuesday at Center Stage! I saw the Beatles in concert 40 years ago. Here, "in concert" is used as if it were the opposite of "in a recording".
As a native English speaker, I would say, “I’m sorry to miss your concert,” to talk about a future event, and I find this fully grammatical. Also, “Sorry I’m missing your concert,” which feels slightly more casual.
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@stangdon But could this (using the in B) mean "the concert I have recently told you about," as a reminder of their recent talk rather than an attempt to specify the concert itself like what sort of concert is the concert in question?
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