Advanced Details: Write “people” not “persons”

Native speakers of English do NOT use the plural “persons” very much. Why? Because normally we write persons only in sentences about the law or sentences that are concerned with formal legal, police, or instructional topics.

Yes, the singular noun “person” is used a lot, but when we want to write the plural noun, we prefer in most cases to write the noun “people” NOT persons. We prefer to write persons only in legal contexts or in sentences that involve some sort of technical or instructional situations. Below is good example of this tip:

• Wrong: I don’t know any of the persons in this room.
• Right: I don’t know any of the people in this room.