verb Simple past tense and past participle of people .

The noun person has two plurals: persons and people. Most people don’t use persons, but the sticklers say there are times when we should. Bernstein concurs, saying in The Careful Writer that fifty people is acceptable. To Bernstein, two people is nearly unthinkable but 4,381 persons is “quite proper.”

◊ The plural of person is usually people except in formal or legal contexts, where the plural is often persons. a : a human being. She is a very nice/shy/interesting person. I saw a person standing on the dock.

It’s ungrammatical. It’s ‘wrong grammar’ because it is used colloquially to avoid a mouthful of words. Grammar is rules/syntax of a language. It can never be wrong. When people says “wrong grammar”, what they usually mean is “wrong grammar usage”.

No. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are all part of writing. English grammar applies to the language, whether it’s written or spoken; but spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are strictly for writing. Just modern technology, not grammar.

A common term for the criterion that includes grammar, spelling and punctuation is mechanics.

Spelling and grammar checkers, Components of word-processing programs for personal computers that identify apparent misspellings and grammatical errors by reference to an incorporated dictionary and a list of rules for proper usage.

Summary

1. Stop and think before you start writing.
2. Prefer short words.
3. Use everyday English whenever possible.
4. Keep your sentence length down to an average of 15 to 20 words.
5. Use active verbs as much as possible.
6. Be concise.
7. Imagine you are talking to your reader.

Alt + F7

Updated: 12/31/2020 by Computer Hope. Alternatively referred to as Control+N and C-n, Ctrl+N is a keyboard shortcut most often used to create a new document, window, workbook, or other type of file. How to use the Ctrl+N keyboard shortcut. Ctrl+N in an Internet browser.

Undo, redo, and other shortcut key functions