the kind of thing about you vs this kind of thing about you

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "The kind of thing about you" is more general and can refer to any type of thing related to the person. On the other hand, "this kind of thing about you" is more specific and implies that the speaker is referring to a particular type of thing.

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the kind of thing about you

This phrase is correct and can be used to refer to a general type of thing related to a person.

This phrase is used to describe a general characteristic or type of thing related to a person. It implies a broad category without specifying a particular instance.

Examples:

I love the kind of thing about you that always makes me smile.
She has the kind of thing about her that draws people in.
The kind of thing about you that I admire is your honesty.

Alternatives:

the thing about you
the quality about you
the characteristic about you
the trait about you
the aspect about you

this kind of thing about you

This phrase is correct and is used when referring to a specific type of thing related to a person.

This phrase is used to describe a specific characteristic or type of thing related to a person. It implies a particular instance or example.

Examples:

I don't like this kind of thing about you.
This kind of thing about you always bothers me.
Why do you always do this kind of thing about you?

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Jun 20, 2014 ... Saying “this would never happen to me; I would never forget” is making this kind of thing about you and your own feeling of superiority and your inability to consider that mistakes (horrible, tragic mistakes) happen all the time in ...
Mar 27, 2012 ... Imagine having your peers read this kind of thing about you; Bea's classmates might be too young to really get it now, but this story will haunt Bea through high school. The editors who commissioned this manuscript, as well as ...
Jan 4, 2010 ... Rather than addressing the matter of substance, they asked Monbiot: “Would you allow Shone to post this kind of thing about you on your website message board, if you had one?” George Monbiot was probably unaware that ...
Aug 16, 2011 ... Rather than addressing the matter of substance, they asked Monbiot: “Would you allow Shone to post this kind of thing about you on your website message board, if you had one?” George Monbiot was probably unaware that ...

Alternatives:

this thing about you
this quality about you
this characteristic about you
this trait about you
this aspect about you

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