“Please contact personal for your HR questions.”
Confusables Entry 1027 / 1350 60-second read
Personal vs. Personnel
Private versus the staff of an organisation.
The comparisoni
“Please contact personnel for your HR questions.”
The ruleii
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PERSONAL = private. PERSONNEL = staff.
PERSONAL is an adjective meaning private or individual. PERSONNEL (stress on the last syllable) is a collective noun — the people employed by a firm or unit.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
PersonneL ends in L — the List of empLoyees.