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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"human" as a "humankind"

Hello Emotion: wink
I have a problem with the translation of a word from my language to english. As far as I know I should translate it as "human". In the context it stands for "humans" in general. Can it be used like that?
If so, which article should I put before?"a human" or maybe zero article and write just "human" because it stands for a group of people.
I just found that "man" can be used like this - Man has invented many things.
Is a sentence "Human has invented many things" correct or not?

Thank you in advance for you help Emotion: smile
  

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Anonymous Is a sentence "Human has invented many things" correct or not? " "Humanity" works in some cases.

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  • " "Humanity" works in some cases.
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AnonymousIs a sentence "Human has invented many things" correct or not?
In my opinion, you do need "humankind," or "[the] humans." "Humanity" works in some cases.
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Is a sentence "Human has invented many things" correct or not?"
It is not correct, because "human" without an article or determiner is an adjective, not a noun.
eg. He is human.

You can write:
Humans have invented many things.
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Hi,

We often speak of people in a general way as 'human beings'.

eg All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
From The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.un.or
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