Originally posted by Ponders:
This kind of things must also complain. Go get a day job
man.
Yes, the DJ is correct, you get a pair of tickets, one side the
organiser tear and keep the other side you keep for your seating
reference. Just like movie tickets come in a pairs. ahahah.
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,364289,00.html?
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Each time I hear a local radio host say that listeners can win a
pair of tickets to a concert, I cringe. It just doesn't sound right
or proper.
'A pair of tickets'? Since when have two tickets to a show become a
pair? As commonly understood, a pair of anything consists of two
identical objects formed as a collective whole and matched for use
together.
Obvious examples are a pair of scissors, a pair of gloves, a pair
of bookends, etc; they never come singly. Or, if you are describing
two individuals who are similar or are in some way associated with
each other: a pair of liars, a pair of seal pups.
I therefore don't see why two tickets should be turned into an
inseparable pair, suggesting that one on its own would be useless,
which is silly.
After all, one doesn't say to the lady at the ticket booth 'Two
pairs of tickets, please' when it's four that one wants.
Let's not ascribe to tickets the quality they don't possess.
Instead, just state how many. It's simpler, saves words and avoids
a mouthful.
Lee Seck Kay[/b]
You'll be surprised how some people can go all the way just to
PROVE that they're STUPID.
