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Jandi Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Jinx 2
Hello, teachers!
Please check if these sentences are correct and natural? Especially, can we use either 'jinx' or 'superstition' here?
1, There is a jinx/superstition here that if this ring is put onto your hand by your lover, you can be bound together forever.
2. Some people say in this contest there is a jinx/superstition that whoever wins first place in the preliminary games can't win the title (in the finals).
Thank you very much.
Peace!
Please check if these sentences are correct and natural? Especially, can we use either 'jinx' or 'superstition' here?
1, There is a jinx/superstition here that if this ring is put onto your hand by your lover, you can be bound together forever.
2. Some people say in this contest there is a jinx/superstition that whoever wins first place in the preliminary games can't win the title (in the finals).
Thank you very much.
Peace!
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To enlarge on my previous answer to your previous post, a 'jinx' is usually human (or a reasonable facsimile thereof, like a witch or sorcerer), or the curse that they have created. We do not use the word so often as 'superstition', which means an unsubstantiated belief about the supernatural. Both of your sentences require 'superstition'.
- To enlarge on my previous answer to your previous post, a 'jinx' is usually human (or a reasonable facsimile thereof, like a witch or sorcerer), or the curse that they have created.
- We do not use the word so often as 'superstition', which means an unsubstantiated belief about the supernatural.
- Both of your sentences require 'superstition'.
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To enlarge on my previous answer to your previous post, a 'jinx' is usually human (or a reasonable facsimile thereof, like a witch or sorcerer), or the curse that they have created. We do not use the word so often as 'superstition', which means an unsubstantiated belief about the supernatural.
Both of your sentences require 'superstition'.
Both of your sentences require 'superstition'.
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