*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[sourland]

Et tu, Sour?


*POOF*

There. Now nobody can make fun of my fluffiness.

It was just an observation?

 

[Wisher1000]

Since when has one needed to be present to be made fun of?

 

[Bunnylady]

Et tu, Sour? *POOF* There. Now nobody can make fun of my fluffiness.

It was just an observation?

Has the Princess ever decked you for that sort of observations?

 

[Alaskan]

Has the Princess ever decked you for thatsort of observations?

IT DOESN'T MATCH

 

[Bunnylady]

Has the Princess ever decked you for thatsort of observations?

IT DOESN'T MATCH

Huh?

 

[sourland]

Has the Princess ever decked you for that sort of observations?

She's not fluffy.

 

[Alaskan]

lady

That sort of observation

Or

those sorts of observations.



Agreement .... All singular or all plural.... No mixing

 

[Bunnylady]

lady

That sort of observation

Or

those sorts of observations.



Agreement .... All singular or all plural.... No mixing

Obviously, we are in disagreement here, but I see no disagreement in my grammar. In my sentence, 'that' is modifying 'sort', not 'observations', so it is correct. If all of the observations are the same kind, then 'sort' is singular, no matter how many observations have been made. (And if I know Sour, he probably has made lots of observations!)

To make it clearer, let's substitute cookies for observations.

"You've got chocolate chip cookies? I've always liked that kind!"

You wouldn't say, "those kinds," however many chips or cookies were involved, since they are all the same sort.

 

[sourland]

Yeah, Al, she just told you!

 

[Alaskan]

lady's examples are correct... But not the princess sentence.