The phrase "serves some sort of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe something that fulfills a purpose or function that may not be specifically defined or known. Example: The new technology serves some sort of purpose, although we're not exactly sure how it works.
Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative and it just isn't fully formed".
According to David Lewis's influential account of convention, for instance, a convention is a regularity in the behavior of a community which is arbitrary but perpetuates itself because it serves "some sort of common purpose.
"You have to serve some sort of apprenticeship".
Most of the best serve some sort of Afro-Caribbean "nuevo Latino" cuisine, which is another way of saying there's a lot of good ceviche going around.
And while diagnoses may serve some sort of purpose in helping doctors to group symptoms together and decide on a course of treatment, they can all too easily become a replacement for genuine understanding.
Should human rights be defined in terms of serving some sort of political function?
Moreover, O. edmontonicus does not appear to have developed its full plumage until it reached the adult stage, leading the team to suggest that the wings and feathers served some sort of adult reproductive function "such as courtship and brooding," Zelenitsky says.
An alien was serving some sort of red liquid in vials.
Greg Ryann revealed that he thinks that his spot on "The Bachelorette" will serve some sort of higher purpose.
More poignantly, they're imbued with placeless history, bound forever to the person for whom they served some sort of purpose, however brief.
Jackie Hilly, executive director of NYAGV, said, "I do have a problem with people who are taking money from the state … and then flatly refusing to serve some sort of public good.
