Grammar
Which of the sentences below is correct. I am particularly having problems with the noun people. People is a group (singular) of people; therefore, it should be treated as singular and for this reason we use "this." right?
1. This people is/are interested in the education.
2. These people are interested in education.
Please let me know.
Top answer
You can use "people" to mean a race, as in "The Turks are a very friendly people" or "Similar customs are found among many peoples of the world". In 2. "people" looks like a plural-only noun referring to a number of individual people, and as such requires the plural determiner "these".
- You can use "people" to mean a race, as in "The Turks are a very friendly people" or "Similar customs are found among many peoples of the world".
- In 2.
- "people" looks like a plural-only noun referring to a number of individual people, and as such requires the plural determiner "these".
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You can use "people" to mean a race, as in "The Turks are a very friendly people" or "Similar customs are found among many peoples of the world".
In 2. "people" looks like a plural-only noun referring to a number of individual people, and as such requires the plural determiner "these".
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