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personnel 【personnel】n. 人员The general issued an order to capture the hill to all personnel.将军下令要全体人员攻占小山。

Accepted Answer

[ˌpɜːrsə'nel] 
personnelgroup of people willing to obey orders
Personnel is a noun describing a group of people who follow orders, usually at a company. If you have a job, you’re probably considered personnel to be managed.
The word personnel is also sometimes short for the "personnel department," another name for the human resources or employment office. One of the things they might have in the personnel department is your personnel, which contains your employment records.
All forms of 'personnel' will appear on average once every 814 pages.antipersonnelpersonnel
CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: PERSONAL-PERSONNEL
			
  Choose  the right word for each sentence:

XYZ Co. is letting go of personal/personnel at an alarming  rate.
    
      My personal/personnel files include notes on how to take  over the world using just a red paperclip.
    
      Match.com and other dating sites have eliminated the need to  advertise in the personals/personnels.
    
      The HR department kept James' personal/personnel file  updated with all the complaints about his work habits.

Personal and personnel can be confused if the writer  is not diligent, especially as both can be used as a noun and an adjective.  Let's go through the quiz to uncover all four usages.
  
  The  first example could say that XYZ Co. is laying off employees or staff; the  correct choice here is personnel, a  plural noun. You wouldn't have one personnel; you'd have many. 
  The  second sentence calls for personal. Personal refers to something of a  particular person's, something done in person, something related to a person,  and so on. My files belong to me; they are personal. They don't have anything to do with my employer.
  The  third sentence refers to those ads placed in a newspaper by people looking for  romance or wishing to send messages to others. Personals is the correct, if increasingly rare, choice.
  In  the final sentence, a personnel file  is an employee file. Although the file is about one person and is somewhat  private, it is limited to James' work life at his current company; it is a file  kept by the company about its employee.
  To  remember which word is which, try this: Personnel has two ns, just as a company has to  have at least two employees to have personnel. Anything personal (one n) is about one individual.

Front	personnel
Pron	[ˌpɜːrsə'nel]
Back	【personnel】 n. 人员 The general issued an order to capture the hill to all personnel. 将军下令要全体人员攻占小山。
Vocab	personnelgroup of people willing to obey orders Personnel is a noun describing a group of people who follow orders, usually at a company. If you have a job, you’re probably considered personnel to be managed. The word personnel is also sometimes short for the "personnel department," another name for the human resources or employment office. One of the things they might have in the personnel department is your personnel, which contains your employment records. All forms of 'personnel' will appear on average once every 814 pages. antipersonnel personnel CHOOSE RIGHT WORDS: PERSONAL-PERSONNEL Choose the right word for each sentence: XYZ Co. is letting go of personal/personnel at an alarming rate. My personal/personnel files include notes on how to take over the world using just a red paperclip. Match.com and other dating sites have eliminated the need to advertise in the personals/personnels. The HR department kept James' personal/personnel file updated with all the complaints about his work habits. Personal and personnel can be confused if the writer is not diligent, especially as both can be used as a noun and an adjective. Let's go through the quiz to uncover all four usages. The first example could say that XYZ Co. is laying off employees or staff; the correct choice here is personnel, a plural noun. You wouldn't have one personnel; you'd have many. The second sentence calls for personal. Personal refers to something of a particular person's, something done in person, something related to a person, and so on. My files belong to me; they are personal. They don't have anything to do with my employer. The third sentence refers to those ads placed in a newspaper by people looking for romance or wishing to send messages to others. Personals is the correct, if increasingly rare, choice. In the final sentence, a personnel file is an employee file. Although the file is about one person and is somewhat private, it is limited to James' work life at his current company; it is a file kept by the company about its employee. To remember which word is which, try this: Personnel has two ns, just as a company has to have at least two employees to have personnel. Anything personal (one n) is about one individual.

Personnel File People Word Personal/Personnel Personal Group Noun