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"balanced" vs "neutral" | complimentary tickets vs free tickets
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ticket to/for #1 (permalink) Wed Nov 04, 2009 15:19 pm   ticket to/for		  
Hello, which one is correct?

1) I have two free tickets for the game.
2) I have two free tickets to the game.

Thank you in advance.
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ticket to/for #2 (permalink) Wed Nov 04, 2009 15:29 pm   ticket to/for		  
According to CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ENGLISH "to" is more common.
On the other hand, BYU-BNC: BRITISH NATIONAL CORPUS knows "for" only.
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