People know about it vs People knows about it

The correct phrase is "people know about it." In this case, the subject "people" is plural, so the verb should also be in the plural form, which is "know." The incorrect phrase "people knows about it" uses the singular form of the verb, which does not match the plural subject.

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People know about it

This phrase is correct. The subject "people" is plural, so the verb should also be in the plural form, which is "know."

Use this phrase when referring to a group of individuals who have knowledge about something.

Examples:

Most people know about the event.
Do people know about the new policy?
People know about the project.
Many people know about the issue.
Some people know about the changes.

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Let's just say something is rotten in the military state of Metropolis, and I need to make sure certain people know about it.
Okay, not very many people know about it.
Our best point of entry is right here alongside an old delivery road, that, according to rachel, not many people know about it.
Ever since Randy married Catalina so she could come back to America, he was letting people know about it whenever he could.
So, just the fewer people know about it, the better.
The more people know about it, the sooner someone blabs to the hacks.
Ever since Randy married Catalina so she could come back to America, he was letting people know about it whenever he could.
Every time I talk to you, Blair, 20 more people know about it.
Next time you go and organise something like this, make sure people know about it!
You haven't touched on it and I don't know how many people know about it.
l get city Narcotics to send in a man, l figure the less people know about it, the better.
When somebody find a dead black man, black people knows about it.
Leave it to those people who know about it.
"The internet has very little influence in Cuba and the government does not want people to know about it", he said.
I mean, you could look at someone and 25 people would know about it within an hour.
Along with all the people who know about it, of course.
The only people who know about it are you and Jason.
A lot of times when we're working on stuff like this, we like to keep the number of people that know about it kind of small.
We need to publicise 112 as a lot of people do not know about it.
If an airline has been blacklisted in one EU state, people want to know about it, so I welcome proposals for a common EU framework.

People knows about it

This phrase is incorrect. The verb "knows" is in the singular form, which does not match the plural subject "people."

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When somebody find a dead black man, black people knows about it.
Okay, not very many people know about it.
Our best point of entry is right here alongside an old delivery road, that, according to rachel, not many people know about it.
Let's just say something is rotten in the military state of Metropolis, and I need to make sure certain people know about it.
Ever since Randy married Catalina so she could come back to America, he was letting people know about it whenever he could.
So, just the fewer people know about it, the better.
The more people know about it, the sooner someone blabs to the hacks.
Ever since Randy married Catalina so she could come back to America, he was letting people know about it whenever he could.
Every time I talk to you, Blair, 20 more people know about it.
Next time you go and organise something like this, make sure people know about it!
Leave it to those people who know about it.
"The internet has very little influence in Cuba and the government does not want people to know about it", he said.
I mean, you could look at someone and 25 people would know about it within an hour.
Along with all the people who know about it, of course.
The only people who know about it are you and Jason.
You haven't touched on it and I don't know how many people know about it.
l get city Narcotics to send in a man, l figure the less people know about it, the better.
A lot of times when we're working on stuff like this, we like to keep the number of people that know about it kind of small.
We need to publicise 112 as a lot of people do not know about it.
If an airline has been blacklisted in one EU state, people want to know about it, so I welcome proposals for a common EU framework.

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People know about it vs People knows about it