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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

those sort of people...

Hi,

I often say, "Those sort of people".

Is this correct, or should I say, "Those sorts of people" and "That sort of person"

When there is a plural, as in "people", should it always be "those sorts"?

Thanks
  

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Those sort of is correct. " CB

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Those sort of is correct. The following extract is from Otto Jespersen's Essentials of English Grammar:

"In the familiar these kind of tools, those sort of speeches, we may look upon kind and sort as unchanged plurals."

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What sorts of radios/sort of radio do you want to see? (Not sort of radios OR sorts of radio)

(Right Word Wrong Word by L. G. Alexander)

Right Word Wrong Word has been compiled with reference to the Longman Learners' Corpus and has been widely tested to ensure that common errors from all the major language groups are incorporat
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these sort of people ?? people?? You mean black, yellow, white? It sounds very rude. I don't think it's suitable for people. Animals maybe. I'm not sure though. I would like to hear from an expert on this.
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GB (Google Books) hits
762 on "that sort of people".
605 on "those sorts of people
687 on "those sort of people".<> [I'd avoid it
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