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GainRain Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Shades

"There are several types of personalities."
"There are several shades of personalities."

Could "shades of" = "types of"?
  

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'Shades' is not a good word choice here.

  • 'Shades' is not a good word choice here.
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'Shades' is not a good word choice here.
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How about:

"shades of cat"
"shades of idea"
"shades of meaning"
"shades of thought"
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Only 'shades of meaning' suggests any reasonable semantics to me.

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