CAN U TELL PEOPLE FROM PERSONS ???

Can U tell PEOPLE from PERSONS ?


Knight
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To be honest, I really don't understand what you mean. It seems that you want to know the difference between PEOPLE and PERSONS.
If yes, please find the follow satisfying your question. Please note that I take it from OXFORD Advanced Leaner's Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Compare person and persons, people and peoples
1. People is the most usual plural of person. Persons is formal and mostly used in legal language. In general statements, the sentence can be made plural: A person has the right to defend himself/ People have the right to defend themselves. When referring to particular situation, we can say I saw someone/ a man/ a woman riding a horse instead of I saw a person riding a horse.3. People is also singular noun (plural peoples) meaning 'nation', 'tribe' or 'race". The ancient Egyptiants were a fascinating people. o The French-speaking peoples of the world.[/i]
love everybody, believe sombody and never hurt anybody
Được sửa chữa bởi - 2h vào 05/04/2002 09:27
Được sửa chữa bởi - 2h vào 05/04/2002 09:39

* People is the plural form of person.
* The plural form "persons" is mostly used in legal language and other formal or written context.
* The countable noun a people (plural peoples) means a nation,tribe or race.
1. The people : ordinary persons who do not have a special rank or position in society.
2. The people : the citizens of a country, esp in contrast with those who govern them.
3. One's people :
* An important person's supporters or employees.
* Others who work for the same company or organization as oneself
* A person's relatives
*** PERSON:
1: HUMAN, INDIVIDUAL-sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid "man" in compounds applicable to both ***es.
2. A character or part in or as if in a play.
3. The unitary personality of Christ that unites the devine and human creatures.
4. Bodily appearance/ The body of a human being.
5. The personality of a human being.
6. One that is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
Anyway, many thanks for the help of 2h
Knight
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