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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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people or peoples
During the spring and summer of 1775 clashes at Lexington and Concord, at Ticonderoga, and at Bunker Hill marked a transition in Anglo-American hostilities that would lead ultimately to the separation of the two people. Should this be people or peoples? Please advise.
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People itself is a collective noun (much like "nation") that is a group of humans. Peoples is the plural form of that, and so it is used when referring to different sets of people (examples: "This book is about the many peoples of Africa"). I think that sentence should have peoples, since it speaks of more than one people.
- People itself is a collective noun (much like "nation") that is a group of humans.
- Peoples is the plural form of that, and so it is used when referring to different sets of people (examples: "This book is about the many peoples of Africa").
- I think that sentence should have peoples, since it speaks of more than one people.
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People itself is a collective noun (much like "nation") that is a group of humans. Peoples is the plural form of that, and so it is used when referring to different sets of people (examples: "This book is about the many peoples of Africa"). I think that sentence should have peoples, since it speaks of more than one people.
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LakshwadeepPeople itself is a collective noun (much like "nation") that is a group of humans. Peoples is the plural form of that, and so it is used when referring to different sets of people (examples: "This book is about the many peoples of Africa"). I think that sentence should have peoples, since it speaks of more than one people.I agree; 'peoples' refer
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I have never heard of the Amercan Revolutionary War referred to as "Anglo-American hostilities" before. Your sentence will read a bit better with a comma, after the year. And as a final note, Ticonderoga was about two years after the others.
Edited: Interesting. Apparently in 1775, the colonists captured the British fort at Ticonderoga, but without firing a shot. There was no "clash." How
Edited: Interesting. Apparently in 1775, the colonists captured the British fort at Ticonderoga, but without firing a shot. There was no "clash." How
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