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Pucca Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Kind of/Kinds of

Hello everyone!

I know there are lots of threads about this and that I was already explained the difference. I went back to reread that thread and on my way, I came across threads that confused me more than I was, help me please!:)

What the difference between these?

- I like this kind of post.
- I like these kind of post.

- I like this kinds of post.
- I like these kinds of post.

What would happen if "post" were in plural in all the cases? Is there any difference at all? I've heard that it is acceptable too.

This will take me ages to understand I think!

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

After reading [url=]this thread[/url], I became really confused, too. But this is what I could gather: I like this kind of post. --> One kind; posts may be more than one as well as one.

  • After reading [url=]this thread[/url], I became really confused, too.
  • But this is what I could gather: I like this kind of post.
  • --> One kind; posts may be more than one as well as one.
  • Gramatically correct and preferred at an exam.
  • I like this kind of posts.
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After reading [url=]this thread[/url], I became really confused, too. But this is what I could gather:


I like this kind of post. --> One kind; posts may be more than one as well as one.
Gramatically correct and preferred at an exam.

I like this kind of posts. --> One kind; posts are more than one.
Okay in a conversation, but doesn't accord with stri
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Join the club, you guys!
I too have trouble with "kind(s) of thing(s)" but I never ask, because there are a lot of threads about this and I'd definitely get the same answers. Anyway, let me check something somewhere too, then I'll be back.
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I would vote for this kind of singular and these kinds of plural

This kind is specific. I mean, I like THIS KIND of Godiva chocolate - the mocha center truffle with the dark chocolate coating. This one kind. It doesn't mean I hate all others, but I'm emphasizing the one in my hand (or on my computer screen, if we must talk about posts) at that moment.

Thes
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Ok, I checked the net and that thread... it seems to me that what Ruslana said makes sense. Good job Lana!

I like this kind of post <-- ok
I like this kind of posts <-- it seems it's used this way too. Probably not correct according to prescriptive grammar, but anyway...
I like these kind of posts <--- ok, it seems quite a few people like it this way. Again, maybe not "c
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Hi,

I like this kind of posts <-- it seems it's used this way too.

I can't recollect hearing this version at all.

Clive
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I am not sure if I understand it.

Does it mean that "these kind of" and "this kinds of" are incorrect gramatically but people still use it?

Can I write another example? This time with apples?

- I eat this kind of apple. --- It means that there is only one kind of apple you eat, you don't eat others, do you?
- I eat these kinds of apples --- Pointing with your fing
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- I eat this kind of apple. --- It means that there is only one kind of apple you eat, you don't eat others, do you? It means you eat this kind of apple -- just like it says. It doesn't say anything about other kinds of apples. Maybe you eat those, too, but you're not talking about other kinds of apples in this sentence.
- I eat these kinds of apples
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So, you are saying that if X happens, there is no need for Y to happen, aren't you?

I think I am starting to understand, but, not sure if it is..(wait, I have an idiomatic expression for this or I think it is)..crystal clear. (?)

So, there is no difference between them, it's just that one is singular and the other one is plural?

Which one is the most used one in a quest
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Which one is the most used one in a question?
What kind of shirt do you like most?
What kinds of shirts do you like most?
I don't have any reliable statistics to say which is most used. Sorry!

This isn't a case of these and those (kinds), so I'd probably say one of the ones you suggested, or even What kind of shirts do you li
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CliveI like this kind of posts <-- it seems it's used this way too.

I can't recollect hearing this version at all.

Hi, Clive,

You mean you've not ever heard it in Canada? I think you read expressions like that in the EF. At least, I did, and they were used by natives. [:^)]
Ca

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