sealed with curses

[hhtt21]

"He starts after board games sealed with curses and a slowly developing legend and visit the still living descendants of the cursed families in 12 areas of the wold."

http://www.amazon.in/Elexicon-PC32289-Agon-PC/dp/B000EGIMFA

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[jutfrank]

Where on the page is the quote?

 

[hhtt21]

Where on the page is the quote?

Scroll down, at the product description.

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[SoothingDave]

A "curse" is put upon whoever opens the game. It is "sealed" as in closed up, and a curse is given upon whoever opens it.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/curse

Definitions 1, 2, and 3.

 

[hhtt21]

A "curse" is put upon whoever opens the game. It is "sealed" as in closed up, and a curse is given upon whoever opens it.

Does "a curse is put upon" mean "a curse is enabled and affects to whom opens it"?

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[SoothingDave]

Yes.

 

[Skrej]

That product description is a lackluster example of written English. It exhibits numerous grammatical errors and sentence fragments, as well as multiple punctuation errors.

I would not recommend analyzing it for learning purposes.

 

[hhtt21]

That product description is a lackluster example of written English. It exhibits numerous grammatical errors and sentence fragments, as well as multiple punctuation errors.

I would not recommend analyzing it for learning purposes.

Is the mistakes only grammatic ones or related to word meaning?

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[GoesStation]

Much of the description is an incomprehensible word salad. There's no way to judge whether its author made more mistakes in vocabulary, grammar, or punctuation.

 

[hhtt21]

Much of the description is an incomprehensible word salad. There's no way to judge whether its author made more mistakes in vocabulary, grammar, or punctuation.

Is incomprehensible 1 or 2 in the link?

http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?w=incomprehensible

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[GoesStation]

Definition 2 is what I understand incomprehensible to mean. Its roots mean "not understandable".

 

[hhtt21]

Definition 2 is what I understand incomprehensible to mean. Its roots mean "not understandable".

Would you explain the phrase "its roots"?

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[GoesStation]

Its etymological roots: the words from which the parts of the word descended. I was thinking of in- ("not"), comprehend ("understand"), and -ible ("able to be").

 

[hhtt21]

Its etymological roots: the words from which the parts of the word descended. I was thinking of in- ("not"), comprehend ("understand"), and -ible ("able to be").

When a mother offended and shouted her child after saying what they should do, I know she could have said

1. Do you understand me?
2. Do you mind me?

But I am not sure if she could have asked: 3. Do you comprehend me?

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[jutfrank]

She wouldn't say 2. or 3.

 

[hhtt21]

She wouldn't say 2. or 3.

But I remeber that I encountered with "do you mind me" and it was from a story and theydenoted mind meaning encountered. When I find it, I will add the information here.

Thank you.