"people" is not the plural of "person" [was: Re: Is that right?]
- From: Bob Cunningham <exw6sxq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 02:06:49 GMT
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:43:04 +0000 (UTC), Salvatore Volatile
<me@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> (Note: Sparky has contended that 'people' is not the
> plural of 'person'.)
I'll even contend it again:
"People" is not the plural of "person".
As Michael Quinion says at
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/people.htm , "people"
is used for the plural of "person" as an alternative to
"persons", but that doesn't make it the plural of "person".
"Vehicles" can be used as an alternative to "cars", but that
doesn't make "vehicles" the plural of "car".
.
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