Is It People or Persons?

Question: What is the correct way to write this sentence? "Mark is one of the most generous people I have ever seen," or "Mark is one of the most generous people I have ever seen." help me! mark

A: Ironically, Webster's New World University Dictionary uses the word "person" five times for the definition of "person". why? The meanings of these two words are almost the same. Mostly

Both refer to a group of human beings, but traditionally "human" represents a general group and "person" represents a smaller, more specific group. Example: At least 500 people attended the concert. Here, the audience of the concert is a huge general population. The nine baseball teams are bald. Because the players mentioned in this sentence are specific, people are a better choice.

However, in reference candidates such as AP sample and New York Times, only "people" is used if it is a direct reference or part of a title (eg, a person who is missing)

Your best bet is that Mark is one of the most generous people I have ever seen. But this is a matter of style, as long as you follow the above differences, "people" is an acceptable choice of words. Of course, unless the editor called the AP sample book "Bible"

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The most common pronoun is a personal pronoun and refers to the person speaking or writing (first person), the person they speak (second person), or another person or thing (third party). Like nouns, personal pronouns can be used as verb subjects, verbs or prepositions as well. "She likes him, but he likes her." Most pronouns have different subjects and objects. If you need a subject, but you do not actually mention nouns, you can use it like a pronoun. Both are usually used at the beginning of a sentence or phrase such as "almost noon" or "some cake is left". These are sometimes called curses

Depending on the grammar of the subject and object, verbs and pronouns have several forms (formal, associative, distorted). In English, there are three people, one, two and three. Each of these can be further divided into singular and plural forms. Pronouns of three people are in the table below. The use of the first person in scientific papers is controversial and many people point out that third parties remain objective (especially when combined with passive voices). However, more and more journals are particularly encouraged, especially with first person names. For example, Nature Journal wrote as follows. "Nature journal likes authors to write with a positive voice (" I experimented ... "). If you are uncertain about accepting the first person in writing please check the author's guidelines for the target journal