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Forevershi Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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00 But here's where life improves on are:The goal will be to counter the risk of disease,not pigeonhole 01u01i00the person02i02u00.02br
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00in this sentence,why not use "people",rather than "the person"?02br
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00who can tell me?i'm confused.please answer me quickly.i'm forevershi0-
  

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0 You can't use 01i 00people02i 00 in the singular, and here it's only one. Thus 01i 00the person, the man, the woman02i 00 in question. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 You can't use 01i 00people02i 00 in the singular, and here it's only one.
  • Thus 01i 00the person, the man, the woman02i 00 in question.
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0 You can't use 01i00people02i00 in the singular, and here it's only one. Thus 01i00the person, the man, the woman02i00 in question. 0-
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0The word 'person' is used in singular form. The word 'people' is commonly used as plural in form. Now, there are confusions with the use of the word 'persons' because 'people' is the plural form of 'person'. The word 'persons' is now the plural form of 'person' and 'people' now is used for 'a group of people with the same culture' or something like that. I am a little confused with this too and
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