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- Persons, Person’s or Persons’ : r grammar - Reddit
Person’s chest is correct for the sentence Person’s is a single, possessive noun so it shows ownership of the word “chest ” If you put “persons’” then that would make it plural but “chest” would still be singular, meaning many people with one chest “Persons” is only plural and not possessive so there would be no relationship between the people and their chest
- In school I learned the plural of person is people. But Im . . . - Reddit
People use 'persons' (which is fine) instead of 'people' because of Strunk and White's influential book on how to write, The Elements of Style It's a good book, but contains some absolute nonsense, such as telling people not to use people as a plural for person
- Is the word “persons” correct? : r ENGLISH - Reddit
I write science fiction and use "persons" for sentient entities A person is a robot, animal, human, or alien being that is aware of self and so entitled to rights Legally a ship or corporation is a person, even though they lack self-wareness "Persons" emphasizes the individuality of the entities Also "people" seems to refer to humans only I would use "people" on the sign because it means
- r MissingPersons - A subreddit for all things related to missing people
A subreddit for all things related to missing people
- Isnt people the plural of person? Is the term peoples . . . - Reddit
The plural of person can be either people or persons, but you will only see persons in a legal context There is another meaning of a people: an ethic group This word is singular, and its plural, peoples, means multiple ethnic groups So, this sentence is defining an empire as a state ruling over multiple distinct ethnicities Reply reply
- Why do we say missing persons instead of people?
Like the other comments said persons is used in more legal formal language or to emphasize the fact that it’s a plural number of multiple individuals rather than a cohesive group Missing people would still most likely get the point across that you are looking for multiple missing individuals but is unclear on whether it’s a group of people who are missing together or multiple individuals
- What does the term people and persons mean in the fourth . . . - Reddit
It contains the term "the people" once and the term "persons" twice I think the common interpretation is that the opening use of the term "people" is actually understood as "persons," and thus the amendment is saying that each person has the right to be secure in his or her property from unlawful searches or seizures
- Missing Persons Canada - Reddit
Read and Share our Missing Person Reports to help bring home Missing Canadians Spamming with insensitive or off-topic remarks on a Missing Person may result in being banned And yes, at times we also publish International Missing Person news
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