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Kook j Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

People/some people / some of the people

Hi.
If I want to express not all people, which sentence below is ok?


1. People I met yesterday were not polite.
2. Some people I met yesterday were not polite.
3 .Some of the people I met yesterday were not polite.

Thank you very much.
  

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Hi, Let's give this a context. Assume you met 10 people yesterday, and 3 were not polite. If I want to express not all people , which sentence below is ok?

— Clive

  • Hi, Let's give this a context.
  • Assume you met 10 people yesterday, and 3 were not polite.
  • If I want to express not all people , which sentence below is ok?
  • I already know you met people, because I read it above, so phrase this as If I want to express not all of the people , which sentence below is ok?
  • 1.
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Hi,
Let's give this a context.
Assume you met 10 people yesterday, and 3 were not polite.

If I want to express not all people, which sentence below is ok?
I already know you met people, because I read it above, so phrase this as
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kook jIf I want to express not all people, which sentence below is ok?

1. People I met yesterday were not polite.
2. Some people I met yesterday were not polite.
3 .Some of the people I met yesterday were not polite.
I'd say 3. You met, let's say, five people, and two of them were not polite.

CJ
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