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19. Okt. 2011 · 3 Answers. Sorted by: 7. There’s a very subtle difference. People on its own suggests that those in the list are there by chance. The people, on the other hand, suggests they been included deliberately. For practical purposes, however, it makes very little difference one way or the other. Share. Improve this answer. answered Oct 19, 2011 at 8:08.
from English Grammar Today. We use person in the singular to refer to any human being: Joel is such a nice person. She’s a person I have a lot of respect for. Persons (plural) is a very formal word. We only use it in rather legalistic contexts: [notice in a lift] Any person or persons found in possession of illegal substances will be prosecuted.
6. Juli 2016 · In both cases, 'people' are specific people. The first, those who have seen the bike, and the second, those who have ridden it. Shouldn't both take the definite article since the sentence does not talk about people in general, but specific people? Or maybe, shouldn't the definite article be left out in both cases?
- Peoplevs. Personsas Plurals
- Personsor Peoplein Formal Legal Writing
- Peoplevs. Peoplesfor Ethnic Groups and Nationalities
- Persons, People, Or Peoples?
Personand peopleboth derive from Latin, but from different words. Personcame from persona, which first meant “mask,” like that worn by an actor, but eventually came to mean “an individual human.” People, on the other hand, came from populus, which means “the people” in the sense of a group from the same nation, community, or ethnic group. There was...
In the legal world, including law enforcement, personsis used regularly. It is helpful because nothing is collective where the law is concerned; individuals are prosecuted, not groups. Some legal expressions, such as persons of interestand missing persons, reflect this grammatical preference. Some people use personsin writing that is legal-sounding...
When you refer to the people of a single ethnic group or nationality, always use the word people. Peoplesis only used in cases when it is necessary to distinguish between ethnic groups within the same geographical or cultural context.
The plural of personshould be peoplein the vast majority of contexts, although legalese uses the plural persons. Peoplesshould be reserved for instances where you are referring to more than one distinct ethnic group.
Vor 3 Tagen · 1 `people' People is a plural noun. You use a plural form of a verb after it. People is most commonly used to refer to a particular group of men and women, or a particular group of men, women, and children. The people at my work mostly wear suits. Two hundred people were killed in the fire.
The word people has several different meanings. The first meaning is simply the plural of person – in other words, two or more human beings. Here are two example sentences with this meaning: We met all sorts of people on the trip. (people=more than one person, in this case, probably many)
English Grammar. Pronouns. Relative pronouns and relative clauses. Level: beginner. The relative pronouns are: We use relative pronouns to introduce relative clauses. Relative clauses tell us more about people and things: Lord Thompson, who is 76, has just retired. This is the house which Jack built. Marie Curie is the woman that discovered radium.