Persons and people

唔知我英文算唔算好呢
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我地一向學，person 係單一個人，people 係 person o既眾數，呢個係一邊用法。如：
They have five people, but we only have enough water for one more person.
但係咁唔代表一定係多個一個人就要用 people。當你想強調o既係一個個人獨立去睇／計，就可以用到 persons。你o係電梯見到告示，係講最高載客量，當然係一個一個去計啦，呢個用法亦多見於正式o既文件，你見到o既告示當然亦算係。所以可以用 12 persons 而唔用 12 people，雖然後者絕對冇錯。
至於 people 可以解一個民族，我諗同呢個問題無關，可以下次先抄字典貼啦。

2007-08-15 05:36:23 補充：
覺得我答得唔好，不妨來信賜教 :p

Persons姐係一個個，people姐係一類人，
係如中國人～
person
人;【貶】傢伙[C]

people 標
n.
1. 人們[S][K]
Who are these people?
這些人是誰?
2. 人民[the S][K]
3. 國民;民族;種族[C][G]
The Chinese are a hard-working people.
中華民族是個勤勞的民族。
4. 家族;家人;親屬(尤指父母)[S][K]
All her people are in Australia.
她的家人都在澳大利亞。
vt.[H]
1. 使人住在,居住於
The region is thickly peopled.
這地區人口稠密。
2. 【貶】使充斥[(+with)]
部ｄ人唔一定係一類人～