(The) people who love to...

[subhajit123]

Hi there, is the word 'the' used correctly in the first sentence. I am not specific in this case. I want to talk about people in general. That's why I think I should leave out the word 'the'. I think if I use the word 'the', it means the people have been mentioned before, which is not the case. But I am not sure. should I Leave the word "the" in the following sentence.




"(The) People who love to travel around the world are generally very open minded and nature friendly."

 

[Rover_KE]

Leave it out, and change 'nature' to 'naturally' or change 'nature friendly' to 'friendly by nature'. Hyphenate 'open-minded'.

 

[GoesStation]

Your reasoning for the absence of the definite article is correct. You'd need it if you were speaking of specific groups of people: There are two kinds of people, those who love to travel and the stick-in-the-muds who stay at home. The people who love to travel tend to be open minded and naturally friendly.