名词种类的表示

　　名词种类的表示有kind of, sort of, type of, 三种，那么这三种表示的具体区别是什么?

　　(1) 三者都可接可数名词及不可数名词，其后的冠词a (an)常被省略。

　　What kind of (a) pencil did you buy?

　　I don't like that sort of game.

　　(2) kind of, sort of, type of之前可加a, the, some, any, etc.

　　I had a kind of suspicion that he was cheating.

　　(3) 比较下列用法：(加*表非正式用法)

　　I don't like this (*those) kind of person.

　　I don't like many (or these) kinds of roses.

　　I like this kind of flower.

　　I like flowers of this kind.

　　I like *these kind of flowers.

　　I like this kind of roses.)

　　I like roses of this kind. (置名词后更强调种类)

　　I like roses of these kinds.(置名词后更强调种类)