1) The people in this country
2) Peoples of this country.
People & Peoples - both are nouns, plural..
What is the difference in the meaning in between
the words "people" and " peoples"
Regds
tmuthiah@yahoo.com
2007-09-05 20:58:41 · 5 answers · asked by tmuthiah 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The old Soviet Union was made up of people of different religions, different colour, and different languages.
It might be appropriate to say 'The peoples of the ...'
A small county like Latvia would have just one language, probably one religion, and the people would be the same race. You might say 'The people of Latvia...'
2007-09-05 21:08:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The difference between people and peoples is that
"people" means humans considered as a group or in indefinite numbers (e.g.: p[eople were dancing in the street. I met all sorts of people), whereas "peoples" means a body of persons sharing a common religion, culture, language, or inherited condition of life. See my source for more info.
I hope this helps.
2007-09-05 21:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by Diablo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People means everyone all lumped in together.
Peoples mean the individual groups of people.
"The people of Europe" = all Europeans as a group
"The peoples of Europe" = individually as Spaniards, Italians, Belgians, French, Germans, etc.
2007-09-05 21:20:08 · answer #3 · answered by Richard B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's appropriate to use The People of this country instead of Peoples of this country.
-The word "People" is already plural, so you don't have to add an "S". Just like the word Children, its not appropriate to use childrens, right?
Hope that helps
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2007-09-05 23:54:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing, nostradamus
2007-09-05 21:07:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋