[Grammar] countable or uncountable

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alexrussia

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Dear Sirs,
I would appreciate very much if you could explain me if "people" countable or not. I see contradictionary information in different sourses.
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Alex
 

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The word "people" can be a plural of "person" or it can be singular, for which the plural is "peoples".
 

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Dear Sirs,
I would appreciate very much if you could explain to me if "people" is countable or not. I see contradictory information in different sources.
Thank you.
Alex

Please note my corrections, above in red.
 

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thank you. I meant "much people" or "many people" ?
 

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"Much people" is wrong. "Many people" is correct.
 

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I am rather taken with the word "contradictionary"! The issue of finding different definitions in different dictionaries. :-D
 
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