误It is very kind for you to help us.
正It is very kind of you to help us.
析It is very kind后面的介词是of,不是for,这是固定用法。
人们对我总是很好。误People have always been kind with me.
正People have always been kind to me.
析“对…友好”要用be kind to来表示,而不能用with来代替to。
误What kind of a book do you want?
正What kind of book do you want?
这是那种让我发懒的一天。误This is the kind of a day that makes me lazy.
正This is the kind of day that makes me lazy.
析what kind of, the kind of等之后用单数名词,且不用冠词。
作为一名营业员,我遇见各种各样的人。误As a shop assistant,I meet all the kinds of people.
正As a shop assistant,I meet all kinds of people.
析泛指时, all后面不用定冠词the。
我喜欢这样的赛手。误I like these kind of players.
正I like this kind of player.
析these是复数,不能用来修饰单数名词kind; this是单数,因此可以充当kind的修饰语。
这种书非常有趣。误This kind of books are really interesting.
正This kind of books is really interesting.
析以kind of结构为主语时,谓语的单复数取决于kind本身的单复数。如果kind为单数,谓语用单数形式,反之,则用复数形式。
这样的书很贵。误Books of this kind is quite expensive.
正Books of this kind are quite expensive.
析在名词+of+kind的结构中, of kind是定语,所以谓语动词的数取决于被修饰的名词,即真正的主语books。