i saw many persons vs i saw many people

Both phrases are correct, but 'i saw many people' is the more commonly used and natural expression in English. 'I saw many persons' is grammatically correct but sounds formal and less common in everyday language.

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i saw many persons

This phrase is grammatically correct but less commonly used in everyday language.

This phrase is correct but sounds formal and less common in everyday language. It is more common to use 'people' instead of 'persons' in this context.

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Somewhere inside the blur, I saw a person.
I saw the person I expected to be standing there.
I thought if I saw you in person it might change everything, but...
Adviser: I saw a walking person.
I asked every person I saw on the route.
He's just the first person I saw.
The only person I saw was adalind.
I told you, college boy, I saw a dead person and he was walking around.
And then I saw the last person in the world I wanted to see come hopping towards me.
And only time I saw him in person was in Cannes.
Even if it's not Song Yi Kyung, if I saw a sick person, I wouldn't leave them alone.
Honey, when I saw that miniature person, whose skin was flawless, by the way, I really got it.
I saw him play in person and there's no question.
My contact was the first person I saw when I walked into the place.
Last person I saw with that much damage was a veteran injured in Iraq.
I don't know, sir, but he was the last person I saw.
The only other person I saw was the daughter of the super in our building coming home from summer school.
Actually, I thought to myself I'd ask the first person I saw for a coffee and a cigarette.
It was the same person I saw in Audrey's room last night.
Actually, I thought to myself I'd ask the first person I saw for a coffee and a cigarette.

Alternatives:

I saw many people

i saw many people

This phrase is the more commonly used and natural expression in English.

This phrase is the more commonly used and natural expression in English. It is the preferred choice in everyday language.

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During the fund-raising I saw many people tearing.
When we collected the money, I saw many people were still in tears.
When I come to New York... I saw many homeless people in the street, and I wanted to... make soup.
No wonder I saw so many people were checking out downstairs.
Growing up in Northern Ireland, I saw too many people maimed and murdered in the pursuit of political goals.
And that was the last time I saw so many retarded people in one building.
My mother was a nurse at the State Hospital in Vermont and that was the last time I saw so many retarded people in one building.
In my youth I saw people who had been dreadfully mistreated.
I saw people burned to the bone where they stood.
I saw people burned to the bone where they stood.
And I saw people further into the sea.
Okay, I thought I saw people missing.
I was always impressed when I saw people in uniforms.
I saw people worse off than me.
I saw people worse off than me.
I saw people lining up for your meal box.
Everywhere I went, I saw people who looked like her.
Everywhere I saw people like you, living as slaves.
I saw people putting mouth guards in... before that show started.
For too long, I saw people dying all around me.

Alternatives:

I saw many persons

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i saw many persons vs i saw many people