The title says it all. People people's i heard somebody say that "people's does not work in a sentence. Ask question asked 5 years, 9 months ago modified 5 years, 9 months ago
People and person have separate latin origins, and they came to english at different times by different paths, but. How to address multiple peoples in email? Done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons.
Which word is correct and what is the difference between these words? Grammarist says in modern english, people is the de facto plural of person. To me it sounds like it should be it rained on the heads of james, steve, and billy. Given the title (how to make our life wonderful.?), i would consider that person is not using life correctly.
I heard this phrase in tropic thunder. 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. 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). The original question goes like this:
(the people of france) peoples is the plural of people, in this second sense. (the peoples of africa) this. Why do they use 'persons'. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given word.
The sentence in question is it rained on the head of james, steve, and billy. People can also mean a group persons, a population, or ethnicity.