The phrase "a sort of option" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is not a definitive choice but rather a possibility or alternative.
Example: "In this situation, we have a sort of option to either proceed with the project or delay it for further analysis."
Alternatives: "a kind of choice" or "a type of alternative".
"There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime," she said in an interview on CNN's State of the Union, to be broadcast on Sunday.
"There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime," she told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said last week's strike "was related solely to the most recent horrific use of chemical weapons," while U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley stated on television, "There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime".
"Dissenting from the bench," a new study to be published in Justice System Journal contends, is a sort of nuclear option that "may indicate that bargaining and accommodation have broken down irreparably".
In Europe, it is not uncommon for a magazine publisher to obtain indefinite renewals with a sort of negative option; until he cancels, the subscriber's bank account is automatically debited every year for the subscription price.
Analysts and officials worry that Libya is increasingly becoming a sort of fallback option for ISIS as it loses territory and power in Syria and Iraq.
(The game has five levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert and No Fail, the latter a sort of training-wheels option to ensure the cloth-eared are not discouraged).
But many of the spots in the Yasawas have a secret of sorts: a two-tier system in which resorts offer both private cabanas for well-heeled travelers but also shared dorm rooms, a sort of youth hostel option, for about 130 Fijian dollars (about $75 at 1.74 Fijian dollars to the U.S. dollar), including meals.
"I do think Switzerland would be a sort of great political option because it has a history of neutrality," he told the Geneva audience.
HTC has been lauded for committing to a 90-day delivery window for users of its most recently released devices, but if Nvidia keeps up this kind of update pace with future releases, it'll be a sort of pseudo-Nexus option that users can count on for timely updates, but that also offers its own set of advantages.
