RE: People vs persons

Subject: RE: People vs persons
From: "Eason, David" <David -dot- Eason -at- lsi -dot- com>
To: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:07:03 -0700

I use "people" as an amorphous, collective noun, as in sheep, and
"persons" to connote countable individuals within a group.

David Eason

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Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 8:23 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: People vs persons

What think ye?

A sampling of opinions:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=People+versus+persons&btnG=Search

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Susan Hogarth
http://www.colliething.com
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