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The phrase "a sort of general" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is not specific but falls into a broader category or type, often to indicate a vague or approximate classification.
Example: "He has a sort of general understanding of the topic, but he needs to study more to grasp the details."
Alternatives: "a kind of general" or "a type of general".
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"And there is a sort of general tiredness among readers.
Sadly, what some people mean by traditional is a sort of general "days of yore" – cloaks and big frocks.
Having left school last year, he entered a college offering a sort of general apprenticeship for the workplace.
But he only provides people with a sort of general assessment, telling them they are at increased risk, decreased risk or somewhere in the middle.
They went to lunch, &, over Gibsons the dragon admitted he had a death wish, & that he suffered from a sort of general meaninglessness.
Instead, I will begin a systematic search, accompanying myself meanwhile with a sort of general, all-around cursing out of various deserving individuals and things.
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But the incident was unpremeditated & the record was reasonably clear--a sort of general impression that our Senators spend some of their time watching disorderly citizens get the bum's rush.
I was never interested in writing about food as a sort of inspector general.
In that case, asset prices must adjust to make people willing to hold the asset stocks currently out there; so it's a sort of restricted general equilibrium.
Peter, a sort of witchfinder general, busied himself with rooting out heretics, becoming one of the top inquisitors in northern Italy.
Celebrity residents, like the actress Christine Baranski and the playwright Larry Kramer, occasionally emerge to shop at J. Seitz & Company, a sort of stylish general store, or dine at Oliva, a first-rate Mediterranean cafe.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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