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Bookmark or Share- meaning - Difference between "a people" and "people" - English Language ...I guess you could say there is an implied sense of unity in saying something like "the Asgardian people" or "we (the citizens of Wakanda) are a good people". Saying "a people" is not an old style of English, nor merely a different way of saying "people". It does indeed give another meaning to the sentence by grouping certain people by a common ...
- singular vs plural - There 'is' people or There 'are' people? - English ...People is the plural form of person (see irregular words), therefore, it has to be referred as plural. People are always minimum two, that's why we should say: "There are people who like to help." [Correct ] rather than "There is people who like to help." [Incorrect ]
- nouns - people are/is: which one is correct? - English Language & Usage ...the SINGULAR sense of people is used to refer to ALL the men, women, and children of a particular tribe, nation, country or ethnic group, speaking of them as a UNIT, and so the phrase a great people is indeed singular. It is a singular count noun. (Okay, people is appears as a phrase in that quotation, but is refers to phrase and not people.)
- "Many people" vs. "much people" — which one should be used?"There wasn't much people about that day." — Bram Stoker, Dracula. "Sir Launcelot will abide me and you in the Joyous Gard; and much people draweth unto him, as I hear say." — Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur. "But when Jesus was come down from the hill, much people followed him" — Matthew 8:1, The Bible. I'd say the case is settled.
- Should you use "who" or "that" when talking about multiple people doing ...Specifically, I would say that it is fine to use either "that" or "who", but "who" can only be used to refer to people, while "that" refers to things and people. One should favour the word "who", if they want to clarify that it is a person, and not a thing, that they are talking about.
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