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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If English is not your first language, you can safely exclude “persons” from your vocabulary. The term seems to stem from crime reporting, where there may be one or more… persons. Because the singular and plural are different words, you are stuck with either “The crime was committed by one or more people” or “one or more persons”. I think “persons” is slightly less bad.
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