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People should be warned about that.
I’m wondering, beside translations from English, is it very common to say “le persone” instead of “la gente”?
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Hi. I take this to mean “le persone” - people in general and “La gente” to be “the people”. Tuttavia Cloze often catches me out.
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I remember the same problem from “the dark side of language learning” where I never got it right.
Can you say “la gente” in Italian, when you can say “folks” In English?
Btw, in German we have “die Leute” (pl) / das Volk" (sg) where the difference is equally difficult to explain.
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Funny enough, I make almost the opposite connection:
le persone: the individuals
la gente: people in general
But then again, I’m juggling two foreign languages here 
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Ha, that’s probably why Cloze catches me out. I will now take more notice next time it pops up.
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@anon94972132 I often use “ragazzi” as “guys” which covers everyone but nowadays this can offend. I’m old-fashioned so just hope for the best;-)
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