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What is the difference between people and person ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between people and person ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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1 person
2 people
3 people
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people se refere ao plural, no caso "pessoas" e person se refere ao singular, no caso "pessoa"
exemplos: there's only one person here (tem apenas uma pessoa aqui)
there are a lot of people here (tem várias pessoas aqui)
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'People' is plural.
'Person' is singular.
There are 15 people at this party.
There is one (or) a person at this party.
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People- plural: mass of persons
Person- singular: one individual
1. The people want to know if there is corruption within their government.
2. He is a very nice person who cares about others.
3. The president is the people's person. He must work for the people.
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a person is 1, people are more than 1 or 1+
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