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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

"persons" is right?

Can I say "There are three persons in this room?" Or, should I say, "There are three people in this room?"
  

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lucas21c There are three people in this room I would use the one shown above. The other one is not wrong, however. CJ

— CalifJim

  • lucas21c There are three people in this room I would use the one shown above.
  • The other one is not wrong, however.
  • CJ
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lucas21cThere are three people in this room
I would use the one shown above. The other one is not wrong, however.

CJ
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lucas21cCan I say "There are three persons in this room?" Or, should I say, "There are three people in this room?"
The former sounds rather formal or official, like a police incident report or something. In everyday use, "people" is the norm.
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GPYThe former sounds rather formal or official, like a police incident report or something.
Yes. That's what I thought, too. I didn't think of a police report, though. I thought of a logic problem of some kind. There are three persons in the room. One person has two daughters. Another person is wearing a red coat. Details, details, details, all apparent
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