Can a single person be people?

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Alex: But... Animal's aren't people. People are people. There very differentiation between the word animal and people is proof enough


Pyro: people = group of humans


Alex: no no, people: Type of human


Alex: Such as the ignorant people


Pyro: yes yes, the group of people which are ignorant.


Pyro: But according to wikitionary, people =/= type of human. you couldn't say "look at those people there!" if it meant type of human, unless you were referring to the type of human which stands over there I suppose..


Alex: Wiktionary is full of BS then, Because a single person can be a people all of his own


Pyro: No he can't! A person can't be people %26gt;_%26gt;


Alex: I beg to differ


Alex: But I'm not going to

Can a single person be people?
a single person cannot be "people" in the strict sense of the meaning of people. However, a single person can be his/her own type of people. In other words, a person can be a people type. In common English, one would not say "jim is a unique people", one would say "jim is a unique type of person, which conforms to no other group of people". However, these statements are logically the same. So strictly speaking, based on logical equivocation alex is right that a person can be a people. However, his argument "But... Animal's aren't people. People are people. There very differentiation between the word animal and people is proof enough" is terrible, and proves nothing.
Reply:Yes, people ARE a type of human in a collective sense.


But a single one of those types of human is a PERSON, not a people.


Sounds like someone is trying to baffle someone with BS.
Reply:a person can't be a people.


even if you're doing your own thing, it's not a "type" unless there is more than one.
Reply:monarchs used to refer to themselves as we since they represent the will of not only themselves but also of the country
Reply:Of course - just as easily as I can be a men.