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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{UK}} {{IPA|/ˈpiːpəl/}}, {{SAMPA|/"pi:p@l/}}
* {{US}} {{IPA|/ˈpipl/|/ˈpipl̩/}}, {{SAMPA|/"pip@l/|2=/"pipl=/}}
* {{audio|en-uk-people.ogg|UK}}
* {{audio|en-us-people.ogg|US}}
== Noun ==
{{noun|person|3=people}}
# {{plural of|person}}
#: ''Who are these '''people''' at the [[party]]?''
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{{noun}}
# {{countable}} A '''people''' is a group of men, women, and children with a shared [[culture]], [[history]], and [[language]].
#: ''Although Lebanon and Syria are two countries they are one '''people'''.''
#: ''This '''people''' shares some characteristics with the aborigines''.
[[Category:Irregular plurals]]
== Verb ==
{{verb|peopl|e}}
# {{transitive}}; {{usually passive}} If a place is '''peopled''', people live there.
#: ''It's a wonderful country '''peopled''' with amazing cooks and dancers.''
# {{transitive}} If you '''people''' a story, movie, etc. you fill it with people.
#: ''He liked to '''people''' his books with simple folk.''
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==Suffix==
{{suffix}}
# '''n't''' is used to [[negate]] a [[clause]].
===Usage notes===
The suffix '''-n't''' can only be added to [[auxiliary verb]]s (also called [[helping verb]]s). The resulting word usually means the same thing as the verb plus ''not'' (for example, ''don't'' means ''do not'', ''won't'' means ''will not''). Some verbs change their spelling when '''-n't''' is added (for example, ''shall'' becomes ''shan't'') and some verbs do not accept '''-n't''' (for example, ''am'').
=== Related words ===
{{top2}}
* [[not]]
* [[ain't]] / [[aren't]] / [[weren't]]
* [[isn't]] / [[wasn't]]
* [[don't]] / [[doesn't]] / [[didn't]]
* [[haven't]] / [[hasn't]] / [[hadn't]]
* [[won't]] / [[wouldn't]]
* [[can't]] / [[couldn't]]
* [[shan't]] / [[shouldn't]]
* [[mayn't]] / [[mightn't]]
* [[oughtn't]]
* [[mustn't]]
* [[usedn't]]
* [[niggn't]]
* [[daren't]]
{{bottom}}
===References===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409130209/http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/ZPCliticsInfl.pdf Zwicky, Arnold M., & Geoffrey K. Pullum (1983) ''Cliticization vs. Inflection:'' ''English'' n’t’. ''Language'' '''59''', 502–513]
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==Suffix==
{{suffix}}
# '''n't''' is used to [[negate]] a [[clause]].
===Usage notes===
The suffix '''-n't''' can only be added to [[auxiliary verb]]s (also called [[helping verb]]s). The resulting word usually means the same thing as the verb plus ''not'' (for example, ''don't'' means ''do not'', ''won't'' means ''will not''). Some verbs change their spelling when '''-n't''' is added (for example, ''shall'' becomes ''shan't'') and some verbs do not accept '''-n't''' (for example, ''am'').
=== Related words ===
{{top2}}
* [[not]]
* [[ain't]] / [[aren't]] / [[weren't]]
* [[isn't]] / [[wasn't]]
* [[don't]] / [[doesn't]] / [[didn't]]
* [[haven't]] / [[hasn't]] / [[hadn't]]
* [[won't]] / [[wouldn't]]
* [[can't]] / [[couldn't]]
* [[shan't]] / [[shouldn't]]
* [[mayn't]] / [[mightn't]]
* [[oughtn't]]
* [[mustn't]]
* [[kissmyballsn't]]
* [[niggn't]]
* [[suckmydickn't]]
{{bottom}}
===References===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409130209/http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/ZPCliticsInfl.pdf Zwicky, Arnold M., & Geoffrey K. Pullum (1983) ''Cliticization vs. Inflection:'' ''English'' n’t’. ''Language'' '''59''', 502–513]
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==Suffix==
{{suffix}}
# '''n't''' is used to [[negate]] a [[clause]].
===Usage notes===
The suffix '''-n't''' can only be added to [[auxiliary verb]]s (also called [[helping verb]]s). The resulting word usually means the same thing as the verb plus ''not'' (for example, ''don't'' means ''do not'', ''won't'' means ''will not''). Some verbs change their spelling when '''-n't''' is added (for example, ''shall'' becomes ''shan't'') and some verbs do not accept '''-n't''' (for example, ''am'').
=== Related words ===
{{top2}}
* [[not]]
* [[ain't]] / [[aren't]] / [[weren't]]
* [[isn't]] / [[wasn't]]
* [[don't]] / [[doesn't]] / [[didn't]]
* [[haven't]] / [[hasn't]] / [[hadn't]]
* [[won't]] / [[wouldn't]]
* [[can't]] / [[couldn't]]
* [[shan't]] / [[shouldn't]]
* [[mayn't]] / [[mightn't]]
* [[oughtn't]]
* [[mustn't]]
* [[usedn't]]
* [[needn't]]
* [[daren't]]
{{bottom}}
===References===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409130209/http://www.stanford.edu/~zwicky/ZPCliticsInfl.pdf Zwicky, Arnold M., & Geoffrey K. Pullum (1983) ''Cliticization vs. Inflection:'' ''English'' n’t’. ''Language'' '''59''', 502–513]
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