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I just bought a new pair of headphones.
I just bought a pair of new headphones.
I just bought some new headphones.

I think all the sentences are correct, but I just want to make sure.

Many thanks.

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Yes, all of them are correct. Sentence two, however, sounds a bit awkward.

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Many thanks, Setanta.

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Sentence two, however, sounds a bit awkward.

Awkward but not wrong.

Also (at least in the UK), in casual speech, if you wished to emphasise that they were new you could say:

I bought my headphones new.

Or the opposite

I bought my headphones second-hand.

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Thanks, Contrex.

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I just bought a new pair of headphones.

(means the headphones are NEW to you - you may have an old pair somewhere)

I just bought a pair of new headphones.

means that you bought NEW headphones, not used ones.

I just bought some new headphones.

"Some" may mean more than one pair

Best way . . . I just bought headphones.

It could be that word "pair" is confusing you!

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SULLYFISH66 wrote:

I just bought a new pair of headphones.

(means the headphones are NEW to you - you may have an old pair somewhere)

I just bought a pair of new headphones.

means that you bought NEW headphones, not used ones.

I just bought some new headphones.

"Some" may mean more than one pair

Best way . . . I just bought headphones.

It could be that word "pair" is confusing you!

So, unlike other members, sentence 2 is not awkward to you.
BTW, the word 'new' was the problem to me.

Thanks.

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It's not "awkward".

It would just be the least likely one I would use.
Laughing

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Thanks, SULLYFISH66.

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All the sentence are correct.

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