People means a group of. The original question goes like this: Grammarist says in modern english, people is the de facto plural of person.
The title says it all. The flood which happened last week caused 100 people's. How to address multiple peoples in email?
People can also mean a group persons, a population, or ethnicity. (the peoples of africa) this. I heard this phrase in tropic thunder. Done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons.
People and person have separate latin origins, and they came to english at different times by different paths, but. 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). People people's i heard somebody say that "people's does not work in a sentence. 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 sentence in question is it rained on the head of james, steve, and billy. Why do they use 'persons'. Which word is correct and what is the difference between these words? (the people of france) peoples is the plural of people, in this second sense.
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.