The + adjectives - English In A Minute

How can you use the definite article 'the' with adjectives to make group nouns? Find out with English In A Minute! Sam tells us how to turn adjectives into nouns for groups of people in general. Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!

English people talk about the weather a lot!

What’s another way to say ‘English people’ in this sentence?
a) The Englishes
b) The English

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[rungsakthongmuk]

Thank you so much Sam.
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[sudarshankumar]

Hi, Sam I'm an Indian.very very nice and useful video l liked this video.thank you so much.

[pablorigel]

Thanks for your video. I'd like to learn more about the structure "this + adjective", please.

[glaucous]

Thanks a bunch Sam .You helped clarify the contents.🎉

[yeni]

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It is really very nice to learn English but please upload lessons more than 1 minute and try upload complete serise of English in long videos.

[mariamkinen]

You are from England n you state that English people is correct. Emma from engvid said ppl don't use American ppl but use Americans as a group. I use ppl to show a group of nationality. As a collective noun with the we don't add the -s. I know . Thx. I can thus add ppl....American ppl.? Americans. Both correct? Or?

[JoyteGotame]

Go to loan and I love to learn England accent

[lolishal]

Thanks a lot 🙏 💓. I'm a non-native speaker, but I think we can say riches or poor! Is it right ✅ 🤔?

[navinjangir]

What's about the sentence,
"The Indians are amazing people"
Is it correct? cause you said you don't add an 's' to these words

[ngahoang]

The British talk about the weather a lot

[varungautam]

How to use adjective without + adjective= Plural Noun

[candytwiggytwist]

Funny that we don't even add the "s" at the end of the verb. So we write all in the singular form but it is plural. So strange.