The phrase "a general sort of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not specific or detailed, but rather broad or vague in nature.
Example: "I have a general sort of idea about what we need to do for the project, but I would like to discuss it further."
Alternatives: "a vague kind of" or "a broad type of".
He even confessed to his crimes, in a general sort of way.
In every contest, lots of them come up with a general sort of funny idea.
But it does know, in a general sort of way, that a certain amount of unpleasantness lies ahead.To judge by what they say, the incoming Republicans see themselves less as Goths than as cleansers of the Augean stables.
The family room is dark and, save for a general sort of decaying of its furniture and walls, has not changed much in the twenty years we've lived here.
There's only one thing you can say for the German war--the men who fought and won it knew, in a general sort of way, what it was all about.
But they can be matched with a general sort of animal, and thus act as an indicator of the fate of that group, even when there are no bones to tell the story.Five of the ichnotaxa disappear before the end of the Triassic, and four march confidently across the boundary into the Jurassic.
I have a travel toothbrush somewhere– A general sorting of the Minister as he gets ready.
President-elect Tsai Ing-wen, who won election last month, said there needed to be a "general sorting out" of old buildings to make sure they were able to cope with disasters like earthquakes.
There are individuals who dislike men, in a hand-wavingly general sort of way, but that does nothing TO men on the whole.
It does not mean that understanding a sentence is the same general sort of discriminatory response as learning how to move one's body in pursuit of a goal.
His theories only work if an individual shares the same general sort of standards as Christensen himself; this entire effort, in fact, is driven by Christensen's autobiography and personality.
