A hard working people
Posted by K Yone on June 08, 2001 Hi, thaks a lot for your answer last time!
I think both of the following sentences are correct.
1. The Chinese are hard working people.
2. The Chinese are a hard working people.
I believe 'people' in the first sentence is plural from 'person'
while 'people' in the second sentence is 'a people' which mean 'people
in a country.' Now, I think the second sentece is a generic statement
while the first one isn't. Am I right?
I have another question. Is 'hard-working' okay in the following
sentence?
1. are a hard-working people.
How about the second one?
2. are hard-working people.
My WORD suggests me to use 'hard working' instead of 'hard-working'
when I try to type the second one, but the WORD seems to accept
'hard-working' in the first one.
Is my WORD right? How about 'hardworking'?
I was told that 'hardworking' is common in British English. How
about in American English?
Thank you very much for your help.
K Yone
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