求教GWD24-41 the kind of 的问题

ty12589

In California, a lack of genetic variation in the Argentine ant has allowed the species to spread widely; due to their being so genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits the spread of this species in its native Argentina.

A.due to their being so genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits

B.due to its being so genetically similar the ant considers all its fellows to be a close relative and thus does not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit

C.because it is so genetically similar, the ant considers all its fellows to be close relatives and thus does not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits

D.because they are so genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows to be close relatives and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limit

E.because of being so genetically similar to one another, the ants consider all their fellows to be a close relative and thus do not engage in the kind of fierce intercolony struggles that limits

主要是D,C两项，我感觉现在基本上同意了C，
前面有NN说过这里后面未划线部分的its指代 this species ，所以不影响，C,D主要是看limits or limit,
我看了很多例句都是用this/that kind of ,后面加上单数名词，少数加了复数名词，像：
This kind of animals is more dangerous than any other animal.谓语动词基本是单数形式
the kind of 的用法好像很少看到，是不是也和this kind of 的用法差不多呢？
还请各位NN指导

zhanhualv

the kind of fierce intercolony struggles  肯定是用单数了

fangzhenzhen

我觉得应该和前一分句相应，都用单数形式，这样C就更好点

slamshady

个人觉得还是D好一点。。。。C中的similar没有比较对象

ty12589

呵呵，没有人来呀，自己顶了，刚刚又和我一个朋友讨论了一下，下面是他说的！~
这其实是语法学家一直争论的一个问题，也就是究竟是把KIND 看作是名词词干还是看作是一个形容词性的修饰词的问题。 但就我所见，我们一般把this kind of questions 中的kind看作是形容词性的修饰词，后面动词采用复数用，但用单数也无可厚非。
如果kinds前面已经用了复数代词如these or those, 则 kind 也用复数，后面理所当然用复数。

请NN指点！~

ty12589

下面是引用rfanrfan 的答案，觉得会有点帮助：
请看下面来自longman dictionary的解释：
"Those kind/sort of questions are very difficult" （那种题目非常困难）are common in speech but are thought by teachers to be incorrect. 上述这类句子常用于口语中，但教师们却认为这种用法不正确。In writing it is better to use this form 在写作时最好是用以下的形式："That kind/soft of question is very difficult" or 或 "Questions of that kind/sort are very difficult".