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The noun "people" is being used as an adjective meaning "effective with/interested in people". By analogy: "She is a dog person." "He is a nature person." "She is a computer person." (Although the last two are less common) Actually I hear "computer person", meaning someone skilled in use of computers, a lot.
The plural of people person has to be people people. However, as your question implies, this is at least a little bit problematic. In speech, you can use emphasis/tone to get this across: "Product owners are people people." In other media, I suppose you might need some extra words to verify for your audience that you didn't just type the word ...
7. In British English at least, "persons" is generally considered a more formal word than "people", e.g. it is often used in formal announcements or notices. "Persons wishing to carry on hand luggage should consult the steward beforehand". See also Doug's answer for more considerations. Share.
2. Dictionary.com provides quite a few definitions for people, most relevantly: persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general. the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like.
The word people is predominantly plural (see Merriam-Webster's top definitions), although it can be singular. According to this source (a Pearson Education Q&A), In the PLURAL sense, people is used as the plural of person very frequently. It is a plural count noun and takes a plural verb.
People denotes a group, an unspecified number of people, for example: The people in the area have been warned about the possible risks. Persons refers to persons individually and denotes an exact number which can be, or should be able to, expressed in numbers, for example:
Human is a species. More strictly, its a genus, but of that genus all but one species is extinct. People is the group of entities who possess personhood, which is a concept open to various debates. Historically, personhood has been denied of women, slaves, people of certain ethnicities, and people convicted of some extreme crimes, an sadly ...
The sentence could be understood as referring to the worried (or troubled, or anxious) team. As concerned team is preceded by assign it to, most of the people would understand what you exactly meant. Kindly log a ticket for the same and assign it to the team concerned.
Oct 6, 2015 at 15:13. I agree with @AndyT - the idiom "direct report" generally refers to a staff member, and it carries the specific meaning that the manager has responsibility for these staff members. In contrast, "report" by itself could be a person, but more commonly is a verbal or written summary. – recognizer.
3) a person who completely ignores you when he or she is with a group of people who may be cooler than you. 4) a person who can call you ANYTIME and you would be there for them, and yet if you try to call him or her, they will not pick up; however, ONLY for using purposes he or she would pick up, like if he or she needs a RIDE somewhere (yet ...