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02-09-2010, 11:52 AM
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"Site unseen" or "sight unseen" - which is it?
OK, so I'm a whinger and a pedant (great combination!!)
But I've noticed that both "site unseen" and "sight unseen" are used to describe buying something (particularly property, obviously) without viewing it. My preference is "site unseen" - as in, "I haven't seen the site". But I can also understand "sight unseen", particularly for a non-property purchase, like a vehicle. As in, "I haven't had a sight of [thing]". So which is it?
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02-09-2010, 12:05 PM
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I voted for sight unseen. seems to be the more accepted version, just like "vice versa" vs "vica versa" (this drives me nuts!)
And lately too many RE ads have been saying "3 bedda", "4 bedda". Aargh! *breathes in and out slowly*
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02-09-2010, 12:08 PM
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There is no option for "site sight unseen"...
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02-09-2010, 12:10 PM
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02-09-2010, 12:22 PM
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It depends if it is highly "sort" after?
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02-09-2010, 12:23 PM
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if it's a building "site", and yu haven't seen it, then it's "site unseen".
but generally buying something, and you haven't "seen" it before you buy, then it's obviously "sight" unseen - which is really an oxymoron or whatever.
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02-09-2010, 12:45 PM
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It has nothing to do with property, as such. It's about whether you've inspected something. So, you can buy a car ''sight unseen'', a dog ''sight unseen'' or a block of land ''sight unseen''. It simply means you didn't go and inspect whatever it is.
[pedant retreating now]
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02-09-2010, 12:51 PM
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02-09-2010, 12:52 PM
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It's site. I you're looking at purchasing a property and you haven't viewed the site, then it is "site unseen"
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02-09-2010, 01:19 PM
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02-09-2010, 01:21 PM
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Google it, mate... it's definitely "sight unseen".
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02-09-2010, 01:24 PM
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 Anyway, a bit of fun.
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02-09-2010, 01:36 PM
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Either is right...or wrong...depending on how you want to look at it. However, i think this is the least of the gramatical errors that REA's and Marketers need to look at. You would swear that many of them never had a high school education.
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