人（“person”/“people”）
Unnatural English：
“These are five persons in each group.”
Natural English:
“These are five people in each group.”
Chinese:
每組有五個(gè)人。
上面的第一個(gè)句子應(yīng)該說是對的?？墒恰皃ersons”這個(gè)詞聽起來不是很自然。
通常情況下，如果我們想用“person”的復(fù)數(shù)形式，應(yīng)當(dāng)用“people”而不是“persons”。
“persons”是很正式的詞，比如說，它經(jīng)常用于官方語言中。
Explanation：
The first sentence above is not wrong，but“persons”sounds a little unnatural. Generally if we want to use the plural of “person”, we say “people”,
not “persons”. “Persons” is very formal and used, for example, in official language.
Example:
“These are thirty-four people in the freshman English class and twenty-eight people in the sophomore
English class.”
“My family has four people-my mother, father, and sister.”
“A lot of people went to the dance at the student activity center on Friday night.”
“Millions of people were killed in World War ll.”
(formal use of “persons”) “Any person or persons littering on public property will
be fined one thousand dollars.”
Unnatural English：
“These are five persons in each group.”
Natural English:
“These are five people in each group.”
Chinese:
每組有五個(gè)人。
上面的第一個(gè)句子應(yīng)該說是對的?？墒恰皃ersons”這個(gè)詞聽起來不是很自然。
通常情況下，如果我們想用“person”的復(fù)數(shù)形式，應(yīng)當(dāng)用“people”而不是“persons”。
“persons”是很正式的詞，比如說，它經(jīng)常用于官方語言中。
Explanation：
The first sentence above is not wrong，but“persons”sounds a little unnatural. Generally if we want to use the plural of “person”, we say “people”,
not “persons”. “Persons” is very formal and used, for example, in official language.
Example:
“These are thirty-four people in the freshman English class and twenty-eight people in the sophomore
English class.”
“My family has four people-my mother, father, and sister.”
“A lot of people went to the dance at the student activity center on Friday night.”
“Millions of people were killed in World War ll.”
(formal use of “persons”) “Any person or persons littering on public property will
be fined one thousand dollars.”