The persons/people argument has been around for at least thirty years. It was discussed in English classes when I was at school. I seem to remember that the general consensus was that there's been a drift in the meaning of both words with "persons" making way for "people" through common usage.

Think of the looks you'd get if you announced that there are "two thousand persons in the audience". The temptation would to be to ask what the rest are!


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