Person, persons, people.- Grammar Tips

Person, persons, people

PERSON, PERSONS, PEOPLE

Hoy venimos a explicaros la diferencia de uso que existe entre estas tres palabras: PERSON, PERSONS, PEOPLE.

  • PERSON: we used person in the singular to refer to any human being

“Pepe s 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

“Any person o persons found in possession of illegal substances will be prosecuted”

  • PEOPLE: we used people to refer to groups of human beings or humans in general

“I saw three people standing on the front door”

“Pepe and Carmen are such nice people”

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