Hi,
I know this sentence is correct:
I wanted to watch the new movie, but it was sold out.
What about these ones?
I wanted to watch the new movie, but the tickets were sold out.
I wanted to watch the new movie, but the movie theater was sold out of tickets.
We say a certain event is sold out, but can we also say the tickets for that event is sold out? The Oxford Online made me a little confused.
Thanks for your help.
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For me items such as tickets (individual things) are sold out, meaning there are none available because they have all been sold. I wouldn’t be happy with a place / theatre being ‘sold out’. I would say that tickets for the show/play have (been) sold it.
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I saw it in a book from a language school (USA English) here in brazil the folllowing sentence: (It’s about concert tickets) “… I stood in line from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m, but it was worth it. The show is sold out”.
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It is funny, because I thought the exact opposite. I would say “The movie/concert/play/game is sold out.” but saying “The tickets are sold out.” sounds kind of odd. I asked my teenage boys and they said both usages sound fine and normal to them.
By the way, I am in the US, so maybe that is a big part of it.
Luschen, the book I got that is from US ESL. Maybe it’s used differently in other countries where English is the first language. But there are no better people to ask than teens. Lol
Thanks for your help, guys.
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