Here is the second part of some of the most commonly confused words.
Personal and Personnel
Personal
: Private or individual
Personnel
: People employed in a company, organization, business or service.
Personal
Personal
Personal
Coming from a particular person
or individual.
In other words : Private
Directed to a particular
person.
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For example :
1)
In my personal
opinion, you need to work harder.
2)
She has been assigned a Personal
Assistant.
3)
Please use your personal
email 
to send out information on private matters.
to send out information on private matters.
4)
He did not expect such personal
attacks during the meeting.
(to make personal attacks / personal remarks / personal comments : is to talk about someone's character, behavior, appearance or personality usually in a negative way)
5) Would you get angry if I ask you a personal question like are you married?
6)
We have given this car
to you for your personal use.
(to make personal attacks / personal remarks / personal comments : is to talk about someone's character, behavior, appearance or personality usually in a negative way)
5) Would you get angry if I ask you a personal question like are you married?
6)
We have given this car to you for your personal use.
7)
We should not allow our personal
feelings to affect our decision.
* the Personals (with “s” : Personals)
* the Personals (with “s” : Personals)
Is an advertisement / message
in the personal column of a newspaper
Personal ad.
It's something like the
Classifieds but it's more personal in nature. Mostly done by people
looking for companionship and friendship.
Personnel
1)
All the personnel
could not come to work because of the flood.
2) All the medical personnel have been asked to submit their report today.
Personnel
Personnel
A group of people working for a
company, organization.
employees or staff
For
both one (singular) or many (plural), we use “Personnel”.
We
CANNOT
say : Personnels
(X)
–
no “s”
For example :
2) All the medical personnel have been asked to submit their report today.
3)
The Management is good at encouraging the personnel
to perform better.
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