Type of (a) person
Hi,
“He’s the type of a person who asks for a favour every time he talks to his friends.”
I know that it’s supposed to be ‘the type of person’, but would ‘type of a person’ be possible to emphasise that I’m annoyed by it?
Thank you.
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Ann225 would ‘type of a person’ be possible to emphasise that I’m annoyed by it? No, I doubt very much that that's going to work. 'type of a person' is extremely rare, so it seems to convey oddity more readily than it conveys emphasis.
- Ann225 would ‘type of a person’ be possible to emphasise that I’m annoyed by it?
- No, I doubt very much that that's going to work.
- 'type of a person' is extremely rare, so it seems to convey oddity more readily than it conveys emphasis.
- CJ
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Ann225would ‘type of a person’ be possible to emphasise that I’m annoyed by it?
No, I doubt very much that that's going to work. 'type of a person' is extremely rare, so it seems to convey oddity more readily than it conveys emphasis.
CJ
0Why is the "type of a person" construction rare in English? Doesn't English grammar dictate that countable nouns whose nature is unspecific are supposed to be preceded with "a/an"? So, why do native speakers say "he's the type of person who does these things", instead of saying "he's the type of a person who does these things"?
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