Notes: People or Persons ? ? ?

Salam students..

I've been super busy lately. Sorry people..Next week's gonna be "Spell Master" week. So, extra work for us. :((

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Anyway...

remember the grammar question about Person's n Persons'

Well, i remembered telling u guys that the plural of person is people. Yup, it is and is used more often. The thing is i didn't tell u guys that persons is also used as plural only differently..hmmm???

Okay so i googled and i found someone asking the same question on yahoo:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070518182813AAZ9xJo

In English grammar, the basic rule is one person, two people. When can "persons" be used?

I'm puzzled as to when one can say: This car sits 6 persons. I would not say, for instance: I went to a party and there were many persons, correct?

Can someone help?

Someone replied and answered:

USAGE The words people and persons can both be used as the plural of person, but they are not used in exactly the same way. People is by far the more common of the two words and is used in most ordinary contexts:

: a group of people ;

| there were only about ten people ;

| several thousand people have been rehoused.

Persons, on the other hand, tends now to be restricted to official or formal contexts, as in

| this vehicle is authorized to carry twenty persons ;

| no persons admitted without a pass.

In some contexts, persons, by pointing to the individual, may sound less friendly than people:

| the number should not be disclosed to any unauthorized persons.

I hope it's clear enough for you. If u have questions, u can ask me qs at the chatbox up there, ok..

Salam cya...