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Persons? People?

smallhu

Taiwan

Hi, teachers,

When I read news from CNN website, they used persons instead of people. I remember an English teacher taught me that I could only use people not persons. Please tell me if persons is used commonly, is it correct? What’s the difference between persons and people? Are they the same?
Thanks in advance.

Have a nice day

Sara