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Lucky 王乐乐

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2021.08.14 16:17

Grammar rule #1

The word “people” is ALWAYS plural.

People

are always talking about him (NOT People is...)

The people in the room were starting to get nervous. (NOT: The people in the room was…)

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Jonathan Rivero 2021.08.14 16:25

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Thank you!.
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:26

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Nice information, thanks Lucky
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:27

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@Mario SS When deciding whether to use is or are, look at whether the noun is plural or singular. If the noun is singular, use is. If it is plural or there is more than one noun, use are. Just FYI
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:27

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@Jonathan Rivero de nada
Kimmy 2021.08.14 16:31

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Thank you so much .
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:31

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@Lucky 王乐乐 Thank you Lucky. In spanish we use “gente” (people) in singular: “La gente es amable”. For that reason many spanish people use the singular when are talking about people.
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:32

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@Mario SS what about in plural?
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:32

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@Kimmy No problem 😉
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:35

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@Lucky 王乐乐 In plural we say: Las personas son amables (People are kind), but if we use “gente”, we say La gente es amable (singular)
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:36

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@Mario SS oh personas - thanks 😊
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:39

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@Mario SS
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:41

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@Lucky 王乐乐
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:48

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@Mario SS
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:51

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@Lucky 王乐乐 “gente”, the sound of “g” is like “j” in this case
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:51

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@Mario SS
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 16:51

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@Mario SS like the silent j sound or hard j sound lol
Mario SS 2021.08.14 16:53

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@Lucky 王乐乐
Lydia 2021.08.14 17:18

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Is it still the same when we're referring to "people" as a single race or nation? E.g., can we say, "There was no people in the Middle East who voted against the proposal."?
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 17:53

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@Lydia a single race is still a group of people because there’s more than one people in that single race
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 18:01

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@Lydia yes you can say there “were no people “ don’t use was
Lydia 2021.08.14 18:05

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@Lucky 王乐乐 Thanks for clarifying!
Mario SS 2021.08.14 18:07

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@Lucky 王乐乐 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Perfecto
Lucky 王乐乐 2021.08.14 18:10

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@Mario SS gracias mi amigo
Patricio 2021.08.14 22:11

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People are always talking about him. Las personas siempre están hablando de él. The people in the room were starting to get nervous. Las personas en la habitación estaban comenzando a ponerse nerviosas. ☺️
호니야 2021.08.15 09:28

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thx for sharing 😊
호니야 2021.08.15 09:31

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tbh I don't prefer grammer but IK it's important so I think I have to challenge myself for a month or 2 like grammar challenge sounds good to improve my grammar with you day by day I just can't understand it :(
Nin Jah 2021.08.15 09:51

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Their is only one race the Human race, that is the biological and scientific terms. People describes a group or number of humans in an area. The plural of person should be people in the vast majority of contexts, although legalese uses the plural persons. Peoples should be reserved for instances where you are referring to more than one distinct ethnic group.

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