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Why it is written as "healthy populations" instead of "healthy population"? What is the role of the 's'
Why it is written as "healthy populations" instead of "healthy population"? What is the role of the 's'
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The presence of the “s” would pluralize it, therefore the written article may be referencing more than one group of people. For example, one could say “Africa has a healthy population.” But in reality, that continent has many, many different cultures and people. In that situation, an article may say “Africa has many healthy populations.”.
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