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Anonymous  #492238  Sun, 23 Mar 08 11:15 PM
 Hi,

 

Going to a concert 

 

P1: Do you want to come with me to the concert?
P2: Are there still tickets?
P3: Yeah i just checked.
P4: Do you want standing tickets or seating tickets?
P5: I want a good view of the band. I mean with standing tickets you don't know where you might end.
P6: I know.. with Standing tickets it can go really far

 Thanks

 

 


 

 

 

  
Clive  #492246  Sun, 23 Mar 08 11:46 PM

Hi,

Going to a concert 

P1: Do you want to come with me to the concert?
P2: Are there still tickets?
P3: Yeah i just checked.
P4: Do you want standing tickets or seating tickets?
P5: I want a good view of the band. I mean with standing tickets you don't know where you might end.
P6: I know.. with Standing tickets it can go really far

Going to a concert 

P1: Do you want to come with me to the concert?
P2: Are there still tickets?
P3: Yeah, I just checked.
P4: Do you want standing tickets or seats? I'm not sure about this wording, because the idea of a 'standing ticket' is new to me.
P5: I want a good view of the band. I mean, with standing tickets you don't know where you might end up.
P6: I know.. with standing tickets you can be really far back.

Best wishes, Clive

  
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RayH  #492248  Mon, 24 Mar 08 12:04 AM
I largely agree with Clive here. I've also never heard the term "standing tickets" I wonder if it is a direct translation of an idiom that either doesn't exist in English or has some other form. The only alternative I can think of is "standing room" so:

P4: Do you want standing room? [note that the alternative "seats" is implied here as it's the only other choice]
P5: ...with standing room you don't know...
P6: ...with standing room you can...

Still this is very awkward. I don't think native speakers would ever have this conversation, at least not in these terms.
  
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