Timeline for Analysing the "kind(s) of problem(s) are [ones]/[to be]" construction
Current License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2013 at 14:07 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I don't doubt it. But I think you'll find your dislike of kind of [plural] is mainly governed by context. With nothing else to go on, you tend to assume this implies referring to a single instance of a single kind of whatever. Change it to that and you might well assume the reference is to multiple instances, but in both cases it's only the surrounding context that affects singular/plural interpretations. "I hate him! His kind of person annoys me!" vs "I hate you all! Your kind of people annoy me!" | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 13:40 | comment | added | jsj | @FumbleFingers I said it sounds totally wrong to me. And it does. | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 13:39 | history | edited | jsj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
added 6 characters in body
|
| Feb 9, 2013 at 13:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | 71,000 written instances of that kind of people in Google Books says there's nothing wrong with your last three examples of totally wrong constructions. | |
| Feb 9, 2013 at 10:33 | history | answered | jsj | CC BY-SA 3.0 |