Which is better: attending a concert, or watching the same concert at home? Nowadays if you want to enjoy a concert you have two different choices: to go where it takes place, as usual, or watch it on

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Which is better: attending a concert, or watching the same concert at home? Nowadays if you want to enjoy a concert you have two different choices: to go where it takes place, as usual, or watch it on TV or computer at home. Both the choices have advantages and disadvantages. Firstly going to a concert is quite expensive, especially for young people. Furthermore, you have to pass a lot of time in queue waiting to enter, the same happens if you need a bathroom. On the other hand, watching a concert on your TV or computer is surely cheaper and even confortable: you could invite your friends and spend a pleasant evening watching the event all together. On balance if you really wish to experience the concert and appreciate the special atmosphere of the performance you must be there: seeing your favourite singer live, singing and dancing together with thousand of people is an experience you'll never forget.

2015년 7월 11일 오후 2:23

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Which is better: attending a concert, or watching the same concert at home?

Nowadays if you want to enjoy a concert you have two different choices: to go where it takes place, as usual, or to watch it on TV or computer at home. Both the choices have advantages and disadvantages.

Firstly, going to a concert is quite expensive, especially for young people. Furthermore, you have to pass spend/waste (1) a lot of time in (a?) queue waiting to enter; (2) the same happens if you need (to use) a bathroom.

On the other hand, watching a concert on your TV or computer is surely cheaper and even comfortable: you could invite your friends (over) and spend a pleasant evening watching the event all together.

On balance if you really wish to experience the concert and appreciate the special atmosphere of the performance you must be there: seeing your favourite singer live, and singing and dancing together with thousands of people is an experience you'll never forget.

Well done, Stefano!

Note 1

In English, it's more natural to spend time or waste time (depending upon one's perspective!) in a queue. We don't usually pass time in a queue. By the way, I do not know if "in queue" or "in a queue" is better in British English. In American English, it is "wait in line".

Note 2

Don't forget to connect these two independent clauses with something other than a comma, or you are making a comma splice. So you can use a semicolon, colon, or even a dash. The most common one is the semicolon (;). As you probably know, you can also connect two independent clauses with a comma followed by a conjunction (which include the FANBOYS: for, and, not, but, or, yet, so). You did remember to do this in the next two paragraphs, so good job!

As Rebecca has alluded to, we often use over in this context: go/come over to someone's house, invite someone over, have your friends over. Are you going over to Ted's (house) tonight? It is not necessary, but it's very natural English--at least American English; I never know what those Brits do! :)

2015년 7월 11일

Which is better: attending a concert, or watching the same concert at home?

Nowadays if you want to enjoy a concert you have two different choices: to go where it takes place, as is usual [I would say "as is traditional", since you said that "nowadays" people have two options and this implies that traditionally, they only had one option] or watch it on your TV or computer at home. Both the choices have advantages and disadvantages.

Firstly going to a concert is quite expensive, especially for young people. Furthermore, you have to pass a lot of time in a queue waiting to enter, the same happens if you need a bathroom. [this is more of a preference thing, but I think that "if you need to use the bathroom" sounds better]

On the other hand, watching a concert on your TV or computer is surely cheaper and even more comfortable: you could invite your friends over and spend a pleasant evening watching the event all together.

On balance However, if you really wish to experience the concert and appreciate the special atmosphere of the performance you must be there: seeing your favourite singer live and singing and dancing together with thousands of people is an experience you'll never forget.