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Is this sentence correct: 1-I was the third person from getting a ticket. Meaning: I was in the line and the third person in front of me was the last person to get a ticket. Among those who did not get tickets, I was the third. > Is this sentence correct: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > last person to get a ticket. Among those who did not get tickets, I > was the third. If that's what you mean, then that's what you need to say. Your original version would not be understood.  Signatureathel >> Is this sentence correct: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > If that's what you mean, then that's what you need to say. Your original > version would not be understood. Interesting question: what's a natural-sounding, idiomatic, and concise way of saying that? My best efforts: I was three places too far back in the line to get a ticket. They ran out of tickets three places ahead of me in the line! The person [or: man, woman] three places in front of me got the last ticket. SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) > >> Is this sentence correct: > >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > The person [or: man, woman] three places in front of me got the last > ticket. They ran out of tickets when I was third in line. It was all sold out when I was third in line. >> >> Is this sentence correct: >> >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > They ran out of tickets when I was third in line. It was all sold out > when I was third in line. I'll see you and raise you with: "It [or, They; or, The concert ] sold out just as [or, just when] I got to [or, reached] the third place in line". That should be enough choices for anyone. SignatureRoland Hutchinson He calls himself "the Garden State's leading violist da gamba," ... comparable to being ruler of an exceptionally small duchy. --Newark (NJ) Star Ledger ( http://tinyurl.com/RolandIsNJ ) |
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