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A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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People - Twitter SearchWhy did Kidz Bop ever become popular? It's freaking awful. The people can't even sing. Kids don't sing half of the time. Fail.Rissa_Darling (Marissa Castaldi) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000
Why did Kidz Bop ever become popular? It's freaking awful. The people can't even sing. Kids don't sing half of the time. Fail.
@IHateTeamJoseph Youre only trying to hurt people so here it goes right back to ya; 6778 people hate you ;) your turn!Kimmerdje (Kim Jurna) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000
@IHateTeamJoseph Youre only trying to hurt people so here it goes right back to ya; 6778 people hate you ;) your turn!
Illiterate people talking about what they read in the Bible is hilarious to me.harlem_nocturne (Robert!) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000
Illiterate people talking about what they read in the Bible is hilarious to me.
@edv1973 Thanks. A few people took me up on the offer of a free print at least.introvertedwife (Sabrina ) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000
@edv1973 Thanks. A few people took me up on the offer of a free print at least.
People are annoying. I dislike how girls act for boys, weak. You think you're being strong..you think.soflyitsjordan (Jordan gardner) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0000
People are annoying. I dislike how girls act for boys, weak. You think you're being strong..you think.
RT @hankwasiak: More people are online in China than total U.S.population 396 million, http://sbne.ws/r/3yTtinspiremetoday (Gail Lynne Goodwin) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:46:04 -0000
RT @hankwasiak: More people are online in China than total U.S.population 396 million, http://sbne.ws/r/3yTt
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