which is the correct plural form human or humans?
i was thinking about how to say human in plural and i felt cofused. so, is the plural form humans or human? thnx in advance
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"human" most often exists in two forms: as an adjective (a describing word), or as a noun (a naming word). As an adjective, it describes anything belonging to our species, and anything that has the attributes of our species. When used in this way, it's ALWAYS singular. E.g. "It's human nature to make mistakes". "What kind of blood do vampires like? Human blood". As a noun, it's a name for the creatures belonging to our species. One of these is A Human, two or more are Humans. E.g. "humans are the only animals that blush"
Just for interest we actually belong to the species "homo sapiens".
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Both have contexts in which they would be used plurally. It is human nature to destroy itself. Humans are a very dominant species. See both are used plurally.
Human has two forms as an abjective ( for example it’s in our human nature to make mistakes) while as a noun is mostly related to animals for example between humans and animals which is highly effective
Humans noun Human adjective
Human is used as an adjective Ex: human nature. Humans when you talk about Man in general Ex: most humans are cruel to animals.
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It is humans, however, it may sound more natural to say human beings in most cases.
Human / Humans -noun Human -as an adjective
The plural form is humans.
Linguistically speaking, the correct form is 'humans', however in every day conversation as well as in written form, if you want to sound a bit nicer, it is preferred to use 'people'
