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Kenny1999 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

what is "folks"

I encounter quite lots of conversation on the web that "folk" or "folks" appears . What does it mean?

Background: NON ENGLISH OR SIMILAR NATIVE
  

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"folks", meaning "people", can be an informal way of addressing one's audience: Folks, listen up, this is important. Maybe this is what you are referring to. If not, I would need to see the context.

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  • "folks", meaning "people", can be an informal way of addressing one's audience: Folks, listen up, this is important.
  • Maybe this is what you are referring to.
  • If not, I would need to see the context.
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"folks", meaning "people", can be an informal way of addressing one's audience:

Folks, listen up, this is important.

Maybe this is what you are referring to. If not, I would need to see the context.
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so could folk come without 's' or does it always come with 's'
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"folk" and "folks" are both valid words. In cases where both fit, I think "folks" is normally more informal. See the various dictionary entries at the link below for examples of usage.

http://www.onelook.com/?w=folk&ls=a
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