personnel 用法1
問：(a) The personnel are unhappy about these changes.
(b) The personnel has been greatly increased in their office.
personnel 用作主詞時, 其動詞到底是用單數, 還是用複數?
答：參見audience, committee, crew, family
personnel 用法2
問：Five airline personnel died in the plane crash.
在飛機失事中有五名航空公司的職員喪生。
personnel 是個集合名詞, 怎麼能與數詞連用呢?
答：personnel 除作“某個機構的全體工作人員”解之外, 還可作“工作人員們”解。在後一用法下, personnel 可與數詞連用:
- 3,000 military personnel
3 000 名軍事人員 - It is a large university with 3,000 personnel.
這是一所擁有3 000 名工作人員的大學。