A technicality: 'people' is a plural of 'person' only by the fiddle of suppletion (a fudge to fill an observed gap). – Edwin Ashworth Commented Jan 10, 2020 at 20:42

Oct 27, 2010 · Persons would be used as a the plural of person when you are not referring to a group collectively but to a collection of individuals. For example, "Many people like ice cream," but "Corporations are considered persons under the U.S. Consitution."

According to this online article from DailyWritingTips, the words person and people are derived from different latin origins: persona and populum, respectively. The article goes on to suggest that both person and people can be used in their own natural plural forms; persons and peoples, but modern daily use favours the following combination:

"Y'all" is the famous southern US form of the 2nd person plural. The Brooklyn / Italian-American "youse" might be another. While the existence and usage of "y'all" has been addressed somewhat thoroughly here: What is the proper usage of "Y'all" in southern American dialects , I've found nothing else on EL&U regarding 2nd person plural forms in ...

Jan 25, 2018 · Spanish: tu => vos (obsolete, 2nd-person plural archaic form). Italian used to use voi (2nd person plural). The você of Portuguese is a contraction of vossa mercê (your mercy) which is an implicit 2nd person plural. All in all, English has pushed T-V distinction so far that thou is not used anymore in common speak.

"Persons" and "people" are both accepted forms of the plural of "person". Generally, "persons" is used when the intended meaning is "multiple individuals", while "people" generally means a large group of individuals. Even so, you rarely here the word "persons" used in everyday speech.

Jul 28, 2015 · In the PLURAL sense, people is used as the plural of person very frequently. It is a plural count noun and takes a plural verb. It never has an -s ending; it is already plural. Most of the time, people will be plural; and as far as I can tell, you will never see the phrase people is--at least, not in a grammatically correct sentence.

Apr 8, 2011 · And can I use a plural pronoun (such as their) to refer to these words? Grammarians actually agree that the words everyone and everybody are singular. Grammar Girl [...] says, everyone sounds like a lot of people, but in grammar land, everyone is a singular noun and takes a singular verb .

Dec 1, 2016 · The 'official' plural second person pronoun in English is you. There are several ways in English to manufacture plural you, one of which is youse. According to etymonline.com youse is a : dialectal inflection of you, 1876, not always used in plural senses. This seems vague and weak definition. Is youse even correct English and what is its true ...

Nov 21, 2015 · As we know, when the pronoun someone is used, the succeeding verb will be conjugated in the 3rd-person singular. Thus, the following sentence demonstrates legal usage: I cannot enter the room; someone is cooking. However, note the following sentence: