The phrase "a sort of discussion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a conversation or dialogue that is informal or not strictly defined.
Example: "What we had last night was a sort of discussion about our future plans."
Alternatives: "a kind of conversation" or "a type of dialogue."
If the topic comes up, set aside another time to discuss some important matters ("oh, interesting stuff, a sort of discussion over coffee or such, about what you and I think about today's issues... ways of seeing success and progress in whatever we do... No. Not selling. Not buying or investing money, no. Let's have a talk and some good discussion, okay? No, not a debate").
It results in an awful atmosphere and can eventually make the person being stonewalled too afraid to have any sort of discussion because they are afraid of the silent treatment.
And, in an interview that appeared in the London Review of Books, in the issue after Kureishi's story, Roth lamented that "animated talk about second-rate movies" had displaced any sort of discussion about books.
"He has to make up in his own mind where he sits in Australian cricket before we can really get into any sort of discussion about that," added Mott.
4. The Snow-Poseurs: find any sort of discussion about snowstorms terribly bourgeois, and post instead about how lame it is to be concerned about two feet of snow.
However some of the site's core features lend themselves not just to broadcasting your diary entries but to instant diary feedback, so some users are scrapbooking observations, links, pictures and videos and then chatting around this as the shared diary opens out into a sort of group discussion.
Now that parliamentary sanction finally extends to gay couples who wish to marry, could the floor be opened for a different sort of discussion?
I reviewed this history briefly in the piece, but here's an expanded excerpt of my exchange with Cantor on the subject: LIZZA: There's sort of a final meeting with Paul Ryan and you and Boehner where it seems like there's a final sort of discussion about whether this offer needs to be rejected or not.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet LIZZA: There's sort of a final meeting with Paul Ryan and you and Boehner where it seems like there's a final sort of discussion about whether this offer needs to be rejected or not.
However, it was revealed that this detainee was subjected to the techniques prior to any sort of discussions.
"We decided to have a sort of Saturday morning discussion of what we were doing at the time.
