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Old 31-Oct-2004, 18:44
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Default Re: Kind / Kinds

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Originally Posted by jack
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What do these mean?
1. What kind of friends do you have?
2. What kinds of friends do you have?
They mean the same thing to me. If someone uses "kinds", then the emphasis is on more than one type of friend. However, using "kind" could still be taken to mean more than one type of friend.


In the second sentence, "friend" should be plural.

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