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Default Re: Kind

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Originally Posted by jack
Why is this correct?
1. What kind of fish is that? (subject=what and verb is 'kind' which is singular and there is no -s added to it. How come it is right?
What kind of fish is that?
That is a tuna fish.

'What kind of' represents an adjective,
'fish' is a noun,
'is' is the verb, and
'that' is the subject complement: a predicate nominal/a noun. :wink:
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