A language defining kind of + nouns and adjectives and nouns is used in a single sentence.
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I’ve been said that in the construct “kind of + noun”, if the noun is singular, we should use either “kind of + singular form of the noun” or “kinds of + plural form of the noun”.
And if the noun isn’t countable we will use either “kind of” or “kinds of” to it.
Do you agree with their perspective on “the concept of the universe”? Should we understand this as a rule?
What is the theory behind all this!
According to the BBC English leaners website and the English-plus University of Toronto site the following rules apply:
- We use kind of if the noun is uncountable or a singular countable noun.
What kind of coffee is that? What fruit
are you eating? If the
- noun is plural then we use kinds of Ex. I
like all kinds of animal. If the object
of the preposition of is singular or uncountable then we kind.
If the object of the sentence is plural use kinds of Also,
if we use quantifiers like all, several, many then we always follow them with kinds of Ex. I like
all kinds of cars. I always try to make sure they are distinctly different.
Finally, according to most dictionaries type of, all have the same meaning = type or variety of I hope that helps.
According to the BBC English leaners website and the English-plus University of Toronto site the following rules apply:
- We use kind of if the noun is uncountable or a singular countable noun.
What kind of coffee is that? What fruit
are you eating? If the
- noun is plural then we use kinds of Ex. I
like all kinds of animal. If the object
of the preposition of is singular or uncountable then we kind.
If the object of the sentence is plural use kinds of Also,
if we use quantifiers like all, several, many then we always follow them with kinds of Ex. I like
all kinds of cars. I always try to make sure they are distinctly different.
Finally, according to most dictionaries type of, all have the same meaning = type or variety of I hope that helps.
