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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:04 pm Post subject: kind |
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1.Certain kinds of food are unsuitable for small children.
2.Certain kinds of food is unsuitable for small children.
3.What kind of cruises are available?
4.What kind of cruises is available?
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1.Which one is correct, #1 or #2?
2.Which one is correct, #3 or #4?
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dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
1. Certain kinds of food are unsuitable for small children. Correct
2. Certain kinds of food is unsuitable for small children. Incorrect
3. What kind of cruises are available? Correct, but see note.
4. What kind of cruises is available? Incorrect
Note: The whole issue of using kind of or kinds of with singular/plural/countable/uncountable/concrete/abstract/whatever nouns has a long and colorful history that goes all the way back to the days of Shakespeare, and probably earlier. However, some people would use kinds of here.
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