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Hi,

1. Can you not wear those kinds of pants at home? Here, the thought is that I have several different kinds, and you don't want me to wear any kind that resemble this kind.

2. Can you not wear those kind of pants at home? Here, the thought is you don't want me to wear the kind that I am wearing. This would

Clive,

'kind of'/'sort of'/'type of' takes singular noun. 'kinds of'/types of' takes plural nouns. In my understanding, the correct versions:

1. Can you not wear those kinds of pants at home?

2. Can you not wear this kind of pant at home?

3. Can you not wear that kind of pant at home?

Nonetheless, I may be totally wrong. Please correct me If I am wrong

Hi Krish,

I think the difficulty stems from the face that, generally speaking, 'pants' is treated as a word that describes a single item. That's true of NAmE. Perhaps it's true in BrE, too, I think so but I'm not sure. But BrE certainly has the same situation with the word 'trousers', as no-one speaks of a 'trouser'.

These are exceptions to the rule that you are thinking of. Anot

Clive,

Thanks for your explanation. I realize I missed the nature of certain nouns like glasses/scissors/pants that take a different stand. I will get back to this thread once I learned more on this topic.

Hi Khoff,

I like your new symbol, is it a penguin? But the black border makes it look like a dead penguin. Or is that the name of a rock band, 'The Dead Penguins'?

I added my comments in pink, in hopes of clarity.

1. Can't you wear those kinds of pants at home? I think this is okay,

For what it's worth, I had the same reaction as Khoff when I read the thread: "those kind of pants" sounded wrong ... But the more I read the expression, the more normal it becomes...

No, Pieanne! You must resist the pull of the Dark Side of the Force!

(Is it possible that this is a British/Canadian vs. U.S. difference in usage? To me, "those kind of pants" is as jarring as "he told him and I.")

OK, Khoff, I will, and I do ...

those kind of pants

Clive -- yes, it's a baby penguin. I don't think it's dead, but now that you mention it, the black border is rather ominous.

Now, back to pants.

If you think "those kind of pants" sounds fine, how about these?

those type of pants

those style of pants

those stack of pants

those box of pants

those particular kind of pants

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