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How do these machines work? Do you type in a number or something? How does it know which/how many tickets to give you?

It works as you buy movie tickets online by credit card, got (the) numbers for tickets, write (the/these) numbers down or print it out- it is called cyber ticket, go to the cinema, type the numbers on a ticketing-machine and finally you got your real paper tickets!.

to make sure, 'Redeem' and 'get' could be used in this situation but not 'get back' or 'pick up', right?



Do you mean 'usual' or do you mean 'unusual'?

I meant 'unusual'





You had written: it turned out there were (the) tickets left.
'there were tickets left' would have been OK. However, that makes it sound like there was no trouble in getting tickets - almost as if there were plenty of tickets still available. I did not think that was your meaning. As well, Mike is now referring to our tickets, these tickets, the ones that we bought online.
Imagine this conversation:

As I mentioned before, article is the most difficult concept of all fpr me.
you got your point across to me, but I am stilll confused between the, these.

this is the non-corrected original sentence
Mika: Did you book the tickets of Harry porter3 that we mentioned?

Jhon: Sure. I thought it must have been already booked up, you know this movie is so popular and but I found a few tickets left/ it turned out there were (the) tickets left. I made it!

Mika booked the tickets for Harry porter3, the tickets are once mentioned, so we all know about the tickets but they still doesnt get the tickets from a machine, so phisically they dont get any. and Jhon is indicating that the tickets, harry potter tickets, their Harry potter tickets...
so I thought it would be 'the'.
it is so hard to decide what article to put in the sentence.
The is gramatically wrong?

we need to talk more about that word 'fully' as in 'fully understand' . In the meantime, it is enough to say, 'I understand", "I understand now."
-> lol thanks in advance.



thanks for your energies on helping me! such a great teacher!
with your help, my english get better and better.