Bamtori  +  220229 Thu, 27 Apr 06 12:06 PM Teachers, this question is simple: this kind of thing  O this kind of things X these kinds of thing  X these kinds of things O Did I check them correctly? Bamtori Joined on Mon, Jul 25 2005 Full Member 139

	nona the brit  +  220247 Thu, 27 Apr 06 01:31 PM yes you did (assuming O means correct) nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	CalifJim  +  220478 Fri, 28 Apr 06 06:47 AM I think Nona may have taken a break. "thing" is countable; "English" is not. So the two are not comparable. We can't take a pattern for countable nouns and apply it to non-countable nouns and expect to get correct results! many kinds of things many kinds of streets many kinds of tables many kinds of films many kinds of meat many kinds of sugar many kinds of forgiveness many kinds of English CJ CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 22,415 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche Nouns, Countable Nouns