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Grammar rule #1

The word “people” is ALWAYS plural.

People

are always talking about him (NOT People is...)

The people in the room were starting to get nervous. (NOT: The people in the room was…)

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  • Nin Jah

    Their is only one race the Human race, that is the biological and scientific terms. People describes a group or number of humans in an area. The plural of person should be people in the vast majority of contexts, although legalese uses the plural persons. Peoples should be reserved for instances where you are referring to more than one distinct ethnic group.

  • 호니야

    tbh I don't prefer grammer but IK it's important so I think I have to challenge myself for a month or 2 like grammar challenge sounds good to improve my grammar with you day by day I just can't understand it :(

  • 호니야

    thx for sharing 😊

  • Patricio Lifetime VIP

    People are always talking about him. Las personas siempre están hablando de él. The people in the room were starting to get nervous. Las personas en la habitación estaban comenzando a ponerse nerviosas. ☺️

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS gracias mi amigo

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Perfecto

  • Lydia Lifetime VIP

    @Lucky 王乐乐 Thanks for clarifying!

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Lydia yes you can say there “were no people “ don’t use was

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Lydia a single race is still a group of people because there’s more than one people in that single race

  • Lydia Lifetime VIP

    Is it still the same when we're referring to "people" as a single race or nation? E.g., can we say, "There was no people in the Middle East who voted against the proposal."?

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS like the silent j sound or hard j sound lol

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐 “gente”, the sound of “g” is like “j” in this case

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    @Mario SS

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS oh personas - thanks 😊

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐 In plural we say: Las personas son amables (People are kind), but if we use “gente”, we say La gente es amable (singular)

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Kimmy No problem 😉

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS what about in plural?

  • Mario SS

    @Lucky 王乐乐 Thank you Lucky. In spanish we use “gente” (people) in singular: “La gente es amable”. For that reason many spanish people use the singular when are talking about people.

  • Kimmy

    Thank you so much .

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Jonathan Rivero de nada

  • Lucky 王乐乐 Lifetime VIP

    @Mario SS When deciding whether to use is or are, look at whether the noun is plural or singular. If the noun is singular, use is. If it is plural or there is more than one noun, use are. Just FYI

  • Mario SS

    Nice information, thanks Lucky

  • Jonathan Rivero

    Thank you!.

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