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Uneducated Posted 19 years ago
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Help Needed...Is,"Peoples Of Nepal" correct or wrong?

Dear All

Urgent help is needed...some says tha tthe word- "people" is right and some says "peoples" is also right,if using in anthropology and sociological contexts...

Please tell me the right word to use in above contexts.

Regards,
  

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Peoples is used if there are more than one people : The people of Nepal. The peoples of Nepal and Bhutan. If it is made clear in the text that Nepal is composed of several ethnic groups, however, and that is what is being discussed, then ' peoples of Nepal ' would be appropriate.

— Mister Micawber

  • Peoples is used if there are more than one people : The people of Nepal.
  • The peoples of Nepal and Bhutan.
  • If it is made clear in the text that Nepal is composed of several ethnic groups, however, and that is what is being discussed, then ' peoples of Nepal ' would be appropriate.
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Peoples is used if there are more than one people: The people of Nepal. The peoples of Nepal and Bhutan. If it is made clear in the text that Nepal is composed of several ethnic groups, however, and that is what is being discussed, then 'peoples of Nepal' would be appropriate.
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