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Thu 27 Sep, 2007 10:49 pm
In a restaurant, the waiter will ask the customer how many persons /people are in his/her group.
Are 'persons' or 'people' interchangeable in the above sentence?
Thanks.
epenthesis wrote:I'm a people person.
I don't have an answer, either. That might be why I didn't answer.
I roger that roger, although I answered the question. More info you say? People is the plural of person. 'Persons' commonly refers to individuals whereas 'people' refers to a group. Both terms are acceptable but 'persons' sounds stilted probably because most people use the term 'people' in the example cited. I'm a people person.
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