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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
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00 I'm looking for common ways to say that something is somehow similar to something else, especially using "kind of" or "kinda". 02 br
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01 font 00 What is his girlfriend like? -- Well, she's a kind of whale. 02 font 00 (or is it "a kind of a whale"? or "kind of a whale"?) 01 i 00 I want to say that she's somehow similar to a whale, she looks like a whale, somehow. 02 br
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02 i 01 font 00 Wow, what's that kind of cell phone? 02 font 00 (or is it "that kind of a cell phone"?) 01 i 00 I want to say "Wow, what's that strange thing that seems like a cell phone, somehow? (but that could be something totally different)" 02 br
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02 i 01 font 00 What's that kind of tall tower? -- It's a silo. It's a kind of large can. 02 font 00 (or is it "kind of a tall tower?" ...etc.) 01 i 00 I think you understand what I want to say. 02 br
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00 I'm looking for common ways to say that something is somehow similar to something else, especially using "kind of" or "kinda". 02 br
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01 font 00 What is his girlfriend like? -- Well, she's a kind of whale. 02 font 00 (or is it "a kind of a whale"? or "kind of a whale"?) 01 i 00 I want to say that she's somehow similar to a whale, she looks like a whale, somehow. 02 br
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02 i 01 font 00 Wow, what's that kind of cell phone? 02 font 00 (or is it "that kind of a cell phone"?) 01 i 00 I want to say "Wow, what's that strange thing that seems like a cell phone, somehow? (but that could be something totally different)" 02 br
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02 i 01 font 00 What's that kind of tall tower? -- It's a silo. It's a kind of large can. 02 font 00 (or is it "kind of a tall tower?" ...etc.) 01 i 00 I think you understand what I want to say. 02 br
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02 i 00 Thanks 05 0 02 br
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0 More frequently heard, IMO: 02 br
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0 Americans would say "She's kinda like a whale". 02 br
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00 ("Kinda" is a colloquial abbreviation of "kind of", of course. It is less common in the UK but well understood here. English people more often say "rather like".). 02 br
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00 You might also say "She's kinda whale-like". 0-
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00 ("Kinda" is a colloquial abbreviation of "kind of", of course. It is less common in the UK but well understood here. English people more often say "rather like".). 02 br
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00 You might also say "She's kinda whale-like". 0-
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0 Thank you very much. 02 br
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00 I used to say sentences like 01 i 00 "A silo is a kind of tall tower" 02 i 00 , where "kind of" is used to introduce 01 i 00 " a doubtful or barely admissible member of a category" 02 i 00 (a silo is not a tower). 02 br
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00 But I recently saw "kind of a" in sentences like 01 i 00 "
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00 I used to say sentences like 01 i 00 "A silo is a kind of tall tower" 02 i 00 , where "kind of" is used to introduce 01 i 00 " a doubtful or barely admissible member of a category" 02 i 00 (a silo is not a tower). 02 br
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00 But I recently saw "kind of a" in sentences like 01 i 00 "
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