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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

kind of jobs

0Hi, everyone. Please, tell me.02br
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01i001, What kind of jobs are we cut out for?02i02br
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01i002, What kind of job are we cut out for?02i02br
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00Is there any difference between two sentence above. One takes 'jobs', the other takes 'job'.02br
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00I think that as long as the subject is 'we', a plural form is more appropriate.02br
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00Thanks.02br
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0 I think both are fine gramatically, the first one would receive an answer that would include many jobs, while the second would be one specific job. 01blockquote 01cite 10Liveinjapan12cite 10Hi, everyone. 12i 12br 12br 10Is there any difference between two sentence above.

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  • 0 I think both are fine gramatically, the first one would receive an answer that would include many jobs, while the second would be one specific job.
  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Liveinjapan12cite 10Hi, everyone.
  • 12i 12br 12br 10Is there any difference between two sentence above.
  • 12br 12br 10LiJ12br 12br 12blockquote 10 0-
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0 I think both are fine gramatically, the first one would receive an answer that would include many jobs, while the second would be one specific job. 01blockquote
01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10Hi, everyone. Please, tell me.12br
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11i101, What kind of jobs are we cut out for?12i12br
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0I understand. Thank you Alc.02br
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00How about the answer is 'He's cut out to be a sales rep.', then the question is which? 1 or 2 ?0-
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0 The question then would be. "What kind of job is 01u00he02u00 cut out for?" 01blockquote
01cite10Liveinjapan12cite10I understand perfectly. Thank you Alc.12br
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10How about the answer is 'He's cut out to be a sales rep.', then the question is which? 1 or 2 ?12br
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0 But if the person answering the question was speaking to multiple people, then it would be "What kind of jobs are we cut out for?" and the answer would name multiple jobs for multiple people. He's cut out to be a.....She's cut out to be a...etc. 01blockquote
01cite10Alc0712cite10The question then would be. "What kind of job is 11u10he12
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0Very helpful05000 Thank you Arc.010id1
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01i101, What kind of jobs are we cut out for?12i12br
11i103.12i10 What kind11font11b10s 12b12font10of jobs are we cut out for?12br
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10Is there any difference between 1 and 3?02br
00Is 1 OK?0-
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11i201, What kind of jobs are we cut out for?22i22br
21i203.22i20 What kind21font21b20s 22b22font20of jobs are we cut out for?22br
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0What kind of job are you cut out for? --> speaking to one person.02br
00What king of jobs are you cut out for? --> speaking to multiple people.02br
00What kinds of jobs are you cut out for? --> speaking to one person or multiple people.02br
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00Is my understanding right?02br
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