ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI might shit my pants just a little if I saw thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up1854arrow-down17
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minus-squaremilk_steak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days ago used in writing to represent an informal way of saying “kind of” Both ways are acceptable in writing depending on context. If you read books as much as you claim you’d realize there isn’t a universal set of rules all authors need to follow. (https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kinda)
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoPlease… Read the examples they give you in your link. It’s very obvious which “kind of” they refer to. The sequence of words are the same but the meaning is not. When you say “my kind of people” you are talking about your kin. Look, you are free to write however you want. I really don’t care. I just find it sad that people don’t know how or which words to use.
minus-squareddplf@szmer.infolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days ago I was kinda sorry to see him go. Sorry was very kind to see him go, indeed!
Both ways are acceptable in writing depending on context. If you read books as much as you claim you’d realize there isn’t a universal set of rules all authors need to follow.
(https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kinda)
Please… Read the examples they give you in your link. It’s very obvious which “kind of” they refer to.
The sequence of words are the same but the meaning is not.
When you say “my kind of people” you are talking about your kin.
Look, you are free to write however you want. I really don’t care. I just find it sad that people don’t know how or which words to use.
Sorry was very kind to see him go, indeed!