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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Please explain
These kind of books
When I write this sentence, my word processor suggests me to write
These kinds of books
Please explain
When I write this sentence, my word processor suggests me to write
These kinds of books
Please explain
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Avidlearner 'These kind of books' When I write this phrase- sentence , my word processor suggests --me-- that--to-- I write 'These kinds of books' instead. Please explain that to me. Hi, These is plural; this—singular.
- Avidlearner 'These kind of books' When I write this phrase- sentence , my word processor suggests --me-- that--to-- I write 'These kinds of books' instead.
- Please explain that to me.
- Hi, These is plural; this—singular.
- This kind of...
- These kinds of...
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Avidlearner'These kind of books'Hi,
When I write this phrase-sentence, my word processor suggests --me-- that--to-- I write 'These kinds of books' instead. Please explain that to me.
These is plural; this—singular.
This kind of...
These kinds of...
*Please note the corrections I applied to your original post.
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Regards, thanks for tour reply and also for your corrections. I am looking like an infant in this forum. haha
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Book can be understood as an irregular plural. This is from Otto Jespersen's Essentials of English Grammar:
"In the familiar these kind of tools, those sort of speeches, we may look upon kind and sort as unchanged plurals."
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"In the familiar these kind of tools, those sort of speeches, we may look upon kind and sort as unchanged plurals."
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