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Pavlides Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The use of persons.
I found this in one of my school esl textbooks and am not sure if the word persons is being used correctly? Here is the sentence:
I hope to visit many countries and want to meet a lot of persons of different ethnic groups.
In this context it doesn't seem right. What do you think?
Thanks
Joe
I hope to visit many countries and want to meet a lot of persons of different ethnic groups.
In this context it doesn't seem right. What do you think?
Thanks
Joe
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- [<:o)] I think your sentence is fine.
- "People" would be more common, but to my ear, "persons" stresses that you consider each one of these people as an individual.
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Hi Joe. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to EF! [<:o)]
I think your sentence is fine. "People" would be more common, but to my ear, "persons" stresses that you consider each one of these people as an individual.
As an aside, you might make it more natural by saying "to meet many persons of etc."
("a lot of persons" is significantly less natural than "a lot of people
I think your sentence is fine. "People" would be more common, but to my ear, "persons" stresses that you consider each one of these people as an individual.
As an aside, you might make it more natural by saying "to meet many persons of etc."
("a lot of persons" is significantly less natural than "a lot of people
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