People can also mean a group persons, a population, or ethnicity. Ask question asked 5 years, 9 months ago modified 5 years, 9 months ago To me it sounds like it should be it rained on the heads of james, steve, and billy.
(the people of france) peoples is the plural of people, in this second sense. People and person have separate latin origins, and they came to english at different times by different paths, but. I heard this phrase in tropic thunder.
People people's i heard somebody say that "people's does not work in a sentence. Why do they use 'persons'. The sentence in question is it rained on the head of james, steve, and billy. The title says it all.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given word. The flood which happened last week caused 100 people's. People means a group of. Grammarist says in modern english, people is the de facto plural of person.
This isn't the first time i've seen a character in a movie/tv show use you people and be accused of racism for it. (the peoples of africa) this. Which word is correct and what is the difference between these words? I don't think gives emphasis to the people's individual nature is at all relevant to either of op's cited contexts (many creative individuals, an unscrupulous individual).
Done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons. How to address multiple peoples in email?