I then saw two teenagers dressed in hospital gowns tightly embracing each other with the movie title, “It's Kind of A Funny Story,” floating over them.
Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Top answer
Yes
— Clive
Yes
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'kind of' is used informally to modify the following words. It connotes rough similarity (as opposed to exactness). 'sort of' is also used with that meaning.
It's fine as an informal expression.
— Was he angry about it? — Kind of. (He was kind of angry. He was somewhat angry.)