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Used with adjectives:
"
I hope that my son grows up to be a good person."
(good, great, loving, caring, kind, nice, decent) *many additional adjectives
"
I think my ex-husband is a bad person."
(bad, terrible, awful, selfish) *many additional adjectives
"
I helped a homeless person today."
(homeless, sick, disabled, elderly, old, poor, blind, deaf)
"
She was the first person at the party."
(first, second) *many additional adjectives
"
He is the one person I trust in this situation."
(one, only)
"
This car is built for one person."
(one)
"
She is the wrong person for this job."
(wrong, right)
"
We saw a missing persons report on the news."
(missing)
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I am just an ordinary person."
(ordinary, average, normal, regular)
"
She is an important person."
(important, well-known, popular, famous, busy)
"
Have you ever seen a dead person?"
(dead)
"
He is a very rich person."
(rich, private, talkative, outgoing, religious)
Used with prepositions:
"
A person from Canada called today."
(from)
"
I met my favorite actor in person."
(in)
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What is he like as a person?"
(as)
