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The lawyers contacted the ____ involved.

The lawyers contacted the ____ involved.

people
persons
Either could be used.


Votes: 196 Comments: 4 Added: February 2006
Comments:
Stryfe - 9th February 2007 00:26
This might be more of a personal (hah get it) thing, but I would be happy if "persons" disappeared from the language completely. I think other cases of multiple words are acceptable, but this one just seems silly to me. I dunno.
 
Justice B - 15th March 2007 12:49
Legal language uses 'persons'
 
Kimmikoto - 27th September 2007 01:21
True, it a legal for now. It's one of those things they haven't gotten around to fixing. Or, may not fix AIN"T is like 20 years old and is still a word.
 
Bryan - 27th February 2008 00:51
Ain't is probably at least 200 years old, and still (if we are to believe our English teachers) NOT a word. 'Persons', on the other hand, does not need fixing.
 
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