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Is "kind", as a noun, singular, or plural? People nearly always say "these/those kind of (things)" rather than "this/that kind of (things)" makes more sense.

tchrist
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  • Related and probable duplicate: http://english.stackexchange.com/q/68599. – tchrist Jan 03 '15 at 15:53
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    I'm more used to hearing 'this kind of thing' or 'these kinds of things'. – Edwin Ashworth Jan 03 '15 at 15:58
  • Is it meant to be "these kind of things" in the question, or was that a typo for "these kinds of things"? – Jon Hanna Jan 03 '15 at 16:15
  • @tchrist: Your link is potentially a duplicate of the one I marked. – Robusto Jan 03 '15 at 16:44
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    @Robusto, tchrist: I found and linked to the earlier kind/kinds question before noticing your two, simply because it was exactly focussed on the specific word used here. But looking at them both now, I agree Robusto's one covers the general case much better, so I'm off to CV the other one (even though I've just cited it as the "original" duplicate for this one). – FumbleFingers Jan 03 '15 at 17:10

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