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Vdb Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
kind of a
Which of the following are correct?
a) Each flower will look good in a different kind of a plot.
b) Each flower will look good in a different kind of plot.
c) We don't have to do much paperwork in our kind of a job.
d) We don't have to do much paperwork in our kind of job.
And what if I replace "kind" with "sort" in the correct sentences? Would the resulting sentences be correct too?
a) Each flower will look good in a different kind of a plot.
b) Each flower will look good in a different kind of plot.
c) We don't have to do much paperwork in our kind of a job.
d) We don't have to do much paperwork in our kind of job.
And what if I replace "kind" with "sort" in the correct sentences? Would the resulting sentences be correct too?
Top answer
I did some research on the internet on this topic, but the internet does nothing but confuse me even more these days
- I did some research on the internet on this topic, but the internet does nothing but confuse me even more these days
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I did some research on the internet on this topic, but the internet does nothing but confuse me even more these days 
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But according to http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/61408/what-kind-of-a-person-vs-what-kind-of-person "Kind of a" is correct too! I am so confused!!!
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What kind of... /What kind of a... -- those both work.
A different kind of... -- this one does not work with "a."
Sometimes it's just idiomatic - which means "we say it that way because we say it that way" (to borrow Clive's explanation of "idiomatic" from many years ago.
A different kind of... -- this one does not work with "a."
Sometimes it's just idiomatic - which means "we say it that way because we say it that way" (to borrow Clive's explanation of "idiomatic" from many years ago.
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