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好！比较person、persons、people、peoples的用法.1Peopleisthemostusualpluralofperson.*people是person最通用的复数形式.Personsisformalandmostlyusedinlegallanguage.*persons较文,主要作法律用语.2Personcanalsosoundformalandisoftenavoided.*person有时也较文,通常避免使用.Ingeneralstatements,thesentencecanbemadeplural在泛指时,此词在句中可用其复数形式:Apersonhastherighttodefendhimself/Peoplehavetherighttodefendthemselves.人人均有自卫权.Whenreferringtoaparticularsituation,wecansayIsawsomeone/aman/awomanridingahorseinsteadofIsawapersonridingahorse.在特指时,可以说‘我看见有个人[男的/女的]骑着马’（英文句中可以不用person,用someone/aman/awoman）.3Peopleisalsoasingularnoun(pluralpeoples)meaning`nation',`tribe'or`race'*people作‘民族’、‘部落’或‘种族’解时,是单数名词（复数是peoples）:TheAncientEgyptianswereafascinatingpeople.古埃及人是个令人神往的民族.*theFrench-speakingpeoplesoftheworld世界上说法语的民族.
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