import java.io.*; import java.util.*; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Scanner sc = new Scanner(); int n = sc.nextInt(); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 1; i < n - i + 1; i++) { for (int j = i + 1; j <= n - i + 1; j++) { sb.append(i).append(" ").append(j).append("\n"); } } System.out.println(n - 1); System.out.print(sb); } } class Scanner { BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(""); public Scanner() throws Exception { } public int nextInt() throws Exception { return Integer.parseInt(next()); } public long nextLong() throws Exception { return Long.parseLong(next()); } public String next() throws Exception { if (!st.hasMoreTokens()) { st = new StringTokenizer(br.readLine()); } return st.nextToken(); } }