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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Singular pronouns?

Hi,

I bet you anything you'll find it a bore after a few visits to those kind of places.

Or

I bet you anything you'll find it a bore after a few visits to those kinds of places

and


Other kinds of stuff. Or

Other kind of stuff.

Is other a singular pronoun?

  

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I don't like the use of it in your first sentence. I would say: I bet after a few visits you'll find those kind of places boring. Kind is an irregular plural in that expression according to many authoritative grammarians such as Otto Jespersen.

— Cool Breeze

  • I don't like the use of it in your first sentence.
  • I would say: I bet after a few visits you'll find those kind of places boring.
  • Kind is an irregular plural in that expression according to many authoritative grammarians such as Otto Jespersen.
  • The only grammatically exceptional thing about other is that when a countable singular noun is used with it and it requires an indefinite article (an), the article is not a separate word.
  • Examples of other: I need an other car .
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I don't like the use of it in your first sentence. I would say:

I bet after a few visits you'll find those kind of places boring.
Kind is an irregular plural in that expression according to many authoritative grammarians such as Otto Jespersen.

The only grammatically exceptional thing about other is that when a co
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