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Originally Posted by whl626 Somehow I agree with your point. But the thing is as I searched along in Google, many people use either way in describing their articles. Of course, I conclude that those sites are from the native speakers ( webmasters ).
Not necessarily, I think.
When referring to more than one group or more one type of things, I would go with a plural kind followed by a plural noun. The distinction is not always very clear though, so kind might work fine in both singular and in plural.
That means using the former is not wrong ? Or grammatically it is wrong but people tend to use it that way ? |
I think it
really depends on the context.
You can say
kind of books as in I like this kind of books ( this type of genre)
or
kinds of books as in
I like these kinds of books ( many different types of different genres for ex.).
In your original sentence the word
foods already suggests many different groups, so that's why I feel comfortable with using
kinds instead of
kind.
I think it is a pretty complex question where a lot depends on the context.