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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Sports.

What kinds of sports do you play? Or

What kind of sports do you play?

Do they mean the same thing?
  

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Hello, Pleasehelp, use 'sports' in front of a noun: 'a sports centre', 'a sports club'. In your example, 'sport' should be used (it is a mass noun in your case); it can also be used as a regular countable noun (see below). 'Kinds' implies that the addressee of the question may go in for several kinds of sport.

  • Hello, Pleasehelp, use 'sports' in front of a noun: 'a sports centre', 'a sports club'.
  • In your example, 'sport' should be used (it is a mass noun in your case); it can also be used as a regular countable noun (see below).
  • 'Kinds' implies that the addressee of the question may go in for several kinds of sport.
  • Also, 'do' can be used when talking about sport.
  • Thus, What kind(s) of sport do you do?
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Hello, Pleasehelp,

use 'sports' in front of a noun: 'a sports centre', 'a sports club'.

In your example, 'sport' should be used (it is a mass noun in your case); it can also be used as a regular countable noun (see below). 'Kinds' implies that the addressee of the question may go in for several kinds of sport. Also, 'do' can be used when talking about sport.

Thus,

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