sort

"sculpture is a form of art" "what kinds of desserts are there?"

"she wore a sort of magenta dress" "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

"what sort of person is he?" "he's a good sort"

"the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

"screen these samples" "screen the job applicants"

"How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

误 His actions sort ill to his professions.

正 His actions sort ill with his professions.

析sort表示“与…相符合〔一致,协调〕时”,要与介词with连用,不可与介词to连用。

误 Which sort of music do you like?

正 What sort of music do you like?

析 当表示“某一种”时,疑问词用what。

误 Apples of this sort is sour.

正 Apples of this sort are sour.

析 “复数名词+of this sort”作主语时,动词用复数形式。

误 I dislike that sort of a person.

正 I dislike that sort of person.

析sort of之后不论是单数还是复数一律不加冠词。

误 There are all sorts of reason why this is true.

正 There are all sorts of reasons why this is true.

析sorts of后面接复数名词或单数名词都可以, all sorts of后面的可数名词为复数形式。

误 These sort of parties are dangerous.

正 This sort of parties are dangerous.

析 these〔those〕 sort of只是非正式用法,测试题常判为误。