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- When to Use People vs. Persons | Merriam-Webster
Many usage guides over the years have suggested that there is a clear distinction between these two words; people is used when referring to a collective group or indeterminate number, and persons serves better when referring to individuals or to a number of individuals
- Person, persons or people ? - Grammar - Cambridge Dictionary
Joel is such a nice person She’s a person I have a lot of respect for Persons (plural) is a very formal word We only use it in rather legalistic contexts: [notice in a lift]
- “Persons” vs. “People” vs. “Peoples”: Which Word Is The Right Choice?
Both persons and people can be used as plural forms of person Persons is often used in formal, legal contexts to emphasize individuals as opposed to a group People is the plural of person that’s most commonly used in everyday communication to simply refer to multiple humans
- Persons vs. People - Proper Usage Examples - GRAMMARIST
The word people is the most common and de facto plural form, but persons is also grammatically correct, just used less frequently and in more specific contexts
- Persons or People? | Difference Correct Use - LanguageTool
In short, persons is typically only found in legal or technical writing But if you’re referring to the plural of person as a collective noun, then the word you should use is people
- Person - Wikipedia
The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of person The plural form "persons" is often used in philosophical and legal writing
- People vs. Persons - The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
“When we say persons,” says Wilson Follett’s Modern American Usage, “we are thinking, or ought to be, of ones —individuals with identities; whereas when we say people we should mean a large group, an indefinite and anonymous mass ”
- Persons vs. People: What’s the Difference? - Writing Explained
People and persons both refer to groups of two or more individuals In the past, persons had referred to specific numbers, whereas people was used for general groups
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