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Starry Is Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
"what kind of" and "what kinds of "
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00 I was wondering if there's any difference of saying, "What kind of movie do you like?" and "What kinds of movie do you like?" 02 br
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00 and,,,,if it's grammatically correct, "What kinds of movies do you like?" 02 br
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00 Is it just habitual to say what kinds of ,,, and what kind of,,,, ? 02 br
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00 Help on this topic please~~~ 02 br
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00 I was wondering if there's any difference of saying, "What kind of movie do you like?" and "What kinds of movie do you like?" 02 br
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00 and,,,,if it's grammatically correct, "What kinds of movies do you like?" 02 br
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00 Is it just habitual to say what kinds of ,,, and what kind of,,,, ? 02 br
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00 Help on this topic please~~~ 02 br
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00 Thank you. 0-
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g. 'horror movies'. g.
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- 'horror movies'.
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- 'horror movies, action movies, sci-fi'.
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0 The singular 'kind' indicates that the speaker is expecting a single kind in the answer, e.g. 'horror movies'. The plural 'kinds' indicates that the speaker is expecting more than one kind in the answer, e.g. 'horror movies, action movies, sci-fi'. 'Movie' in these questions can be singular or plural, but it is considered better form to match the number of 'kind'-- 'kind of movie', 'kinds of
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