Master confusing words with ease
People vs. Persons
People
/'piːpl/Examples:
How many people were at the meeting?Already I have written three histories of peoples.I don't know people for an open conversation.
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Persons
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The emergency room was packed with injured persons.Each room must be equipped to accommodate several persons.Misleading statements harmed several high-profile persons.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- People is the more common term for referring to a collection of humans as a group.
- Persons is less commonly used and often appears in formal contexts or legal language.
- Remember that people implies a more general and broader use, while persons specifies individuals within a group.
- In most everyday situations, youll refer to people' when talking about a group.
- The term persons would likely be seen in context where exact numbers need to be noted, like in legal or official documents.
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