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Sofia.marchi Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Staff/personnel

What's the difference between staff and personnel?
  

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Hi, I assume you have looked in the dictionary, so I'll just add a few comments on how I perceive these words. staff I don't hear this word a lot in N. America.

  • Hi, I assume you have looked in the dictionary, so I'll just add a few comments on how I perceive these words.
  • staff I don't hear this word a lot in N.
  • America.
  • In a work context, the common term is 'employees'.
  • Generals have staff.
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Hi,



I assume you have looked in the dictionary, so I'll just add a few comments on how I perceive these words.

staff I don't hear this word a lot in N. America. In a work context, the common term is 'employees'.

Generals have staff. Politicians have staff. Schools have staff.

'Staff' is a collective word. An individual person is 'a staff member

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