Name: English Tutor Nick P AdVerb Phrase (5) Sight Unseen
Uploaded: 2019-04-19T12:04:32.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is  Adverb Phrase 5. The adverb phrase today

is sight-unseen.  Okay. So let's take a look at the note

here. If something is sight-unseen,  it is without inspection. So you don't get to

look at it or at least you don't get to look at it very closely or appraisal. You

don't have anybody going to appraise it or judge it , to let you know maybe the true

value of it. So that's what we mean if you buy something sight unseen or if you get

something sight unseen. Buy is probably the most common verb used with

this or we could definitely use other verbs that also have something to do

with buy.  You could purchase something sight unseen,  or get something or bargain

for something sight unseen. So you can use other verbs with it but buy is

probably the main one. All right. Anyway,  let's take a look at some examples here.

Never buy any property sight unseen.  You know I remember years ago when I was a

kid,  I think at that time they sold it through like magazines or something in

there I remember they had like a commercial where they they showed you on

TV that people bought some land sight unseen and then they found out the land

was like in the desert or something like that. But today of course you know if

somebody was buying some land far away they may get to see some photos of it

but just just like anything else was like a house or something you know those

photos are probably always taken from the best angles and you're getting the

best possible picture of the best possible look of it. So it still may not

be what you what you think or what you imagine. So it's still kind of sight

unseen because you haven't physically seen it

you haven't physically been able to really inspect it so they always say

they definitely like with property or a house. Never buy any sight unseen in that

sort of sense. All right number two. Even though you can see photos of items on

the Internet some people still feel uncomfortable buying items sight unseen.

Even though to be honest with you know,  many people have gotten great deals on

the Internet and sometimes the item does look exactly

like the photos. But there is still some risk. Sometimes it's not exactly like the

photo or the material was it's not what you thought it was or was made of or

maybe didn't look the same in real life as it looked in the photo. So we still

say this. Or number three I never liked the idea of buying a grab-bag. Yeah.

Sometimes I've seen this like in flea markets or other places they'll just

have a brown paper bag and they'll just have the price on the bag. So a grab bag

is kind of like a surprise bag. Usually they're generally pretty cheap but you

really don't know what's inside of it.  That's I guess that's part of the

novelty of it. That it's that it's a surprise . It's a grab bag , so they'll just

throw a bunch of probably cheaper items in there and you get what you get.

Hopefully you're satisfied with it. But that's what they mean by a grab bag. It's

supposed to be a little bit of a surprise and they put a little price on

it.  But still you don't know what's inside. Who knows what's there ? Maybe

you'll be very unhappy and say " this isn't worth it.

So let's read it again I never liked the idea of buying a grab bag because all

the items contained inside are sight unseen. So you don't get to see them

before time. It's meant to be like a surprise bag. Okay anyway,  I hope you got

it.  I hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.