And when would they be used properly?
I grew up using only “people” then I feel like one day the words “persons” started to get used in society and I don’t know why or when to use it.
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People refers to a group e.g those people, we the people, people person.
Persons refers to more than one individual who may or may not be part of a group. It is largely used in formal context when ambiguity can arise from grouping people or persons together.
Unless you work in law, science or journalism you are unlikely to ever need to use “persons” as the distinction is not needed in most situations
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