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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The use of 'kind of'
sometimes people would say 'that's kind of cranky, kind of crazy..'
is this grammatically correct?
after kind of in this meaning, what we should add? adj? or a noun?
thank you.
is this grammatically correct?
after kind of in this meaning, what we should add? adj? or a noun?
thank you.
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Judging by the sentence structure, it looks like an adjective is used after "kind of". some examples: "kind of boring," "kind of interesting," "kind of stupid," "kind of pretty," etc. - note that each of the words that gets added after "kind of" is an adjective (not a noun).
- Judging by the sentence structure, it looks like an adjective is used after "kind of".
- some examples: "kind of boring," "kind of interesting," "kind of stupid," "kind of pretty," etc.
- - note that each of the words that gets added after "kind of" is an adjective (not a noun).
- s.
- "sort of" also means "kind of" and is used the same way.
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Judging by the sentence structure, it looks like an adjective is used after "kind of". some examples: "kind of boring," "kind of interesting," "kind of stupid," "kind of pretty," etc. - note that each of the words that gets added after "kind of" is an adjective (not a noun).
p.s. "sort of" also means "kind of" and is used the same way.
p.s. "sort of" also means "kind of" and is used the same way.
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