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English learning: people or persons

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2015-07-01 16:32ABC.net.au Editor: Wang Fan

For more than one person you usually say "people".

     These are people.

You only use "persons" in legal or formal contexts, such as signs.

     Authorised persons only permitted past this fence.

Watch the video to learn more.

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