persons and people

What is the difference between persons and people

people: Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers:

persons: I believe persons isnt a word

people is as a whole such as "we the people of the ..."

while persons in individuals interms of numbers for example maximum capacity 300 persons

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Originally posted by MethodMan
people: Humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers:

persons: I believe persons isnt a word

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yeah, person~ ;)

this word recall me one thing. one of my company's pronouncer speaks person as prison. lol~
:D

ig uess bobbis is correct even tho ive always considered it to be...

person - 1 human
people - more than 1 human
persons - somoene with bad grammer writing people
peoples - somoene with bad gramme writing people

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Originally posted by bobish
people is as a whole such as "we the people of the ..."

while persons in individuals interms of numbers for example maximum capacity 300 persons

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you mean I can't say: "300 people"? :( :)

I see persons in a lot of legal things

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Originally posted by Klinerr1
persons - somoene with bad grammer writing people
peoples - somoene with bad gramme writing people

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it is gramme not kilogramme or anything else, er ? :D

Yes "persons" is a legal word