Education of the Mind: TIL 'Person' is a singular form, and its plural is 'persons'. Over the time, however, many writers started to adopt 'people' as the plural form of 'person', and nowadays it is widely accepted. Notice that legal and very formal texts still use 'persons' as the plural form.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

TIL 'Person' is a singular form, and its plural is 'persons'. Over the time, however, many writers started to adopt 'people' as the plural form of 'person', and nowadays it is widely accepted. Notice that legal and very formal texts still use 'persons' as the plural form.

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