Names of people vs the names of people

[Peter Thompson]

Hi! I would like to ask a question.
If I would like to talk about all people's names in general, what should I say ?
1. The names of people
2. Names of people

I'm confused here because the noun "name" is not always about people, it can be about someone's pet or a company. Therefore, I'm confused, which of those sentences above is correct to mean all people's names in general ?

Many Thanks!

 

[pops91710]

In as much as you have of people, I hardly think anyone will wonder if it is a dog or a company. Can you clarify your question?

 

[dojibear]

which of those sentences above is correct

These are not sentences. They are noun phrases. A person would never say these 3 words and nothing more.

1. The names of people
2. Names of people

Using "the" depends on the sentence, not just 3 words.

There is no correct answer for these 3 words in every possible sentence.

 

[anthox]

If I would like to talk about all people's names in general, what should I say ?

You just said it.

 

[heypresto]

Do you have a complete sentence in mind, with some context?

 

[dojibear]

- names of people
- the names of people
- names of the people
- the names of the people
- people's names
- the people's names

All of these phrases are common.

 

[PaulQ]

1. The names of people
2. Names of people

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[Cagey]

@Peter Thompson
We need a complete sentence and context with every question.
Tell us the sentence you are thinking of and to whom you would say it.
When we have that information, the thread can proceed.

Once you have posted the information, use the report link to report the post and let the moderators know you have done that.

 

[Peter Thompson]

@Peter Thompson
We need a complete sentence and context with every question.
Tell us the sentence you are thinking of and to whom you would say it.
When we have that information, the thread can proceed.

Once you have posted the information, use the report link to report the post and let the moderators know you have done that.

I would like to talk about people in general, not the names of the people in a certain country or in a certain group. Like literally all people in this world.

For that, what should I say ?

 

[Peter Thompson]

- names of people
- the names of people
- names of the people
- the names of the people
- people's names
- the people's names

All of these phrases are common.

Could you tell me each situation in which all those phrases are used ? Like when do we use names of people, the names of people and the others.

 

[Cagey]

We don't provide contexts / situations Peter Thompson. The people who ask the questions should do that.

In this forum we need a real sentence, Peter Thompson. What do you plan to say are write using this phrase? Who are you communicating with?

 

[Peter Thompson]

We don't provide contexts / situations Peter Thompson. The people who ask the questions should do that.

In this forum we need a real sentence, Peter Thompson. What do you plan to say are write using this phrase? Who are you communicating with?

Maybe I would talk about this with someone in this situation :

A : I have a beautiful name, don't I ? To me some people's names are just silly.

B : Hey don't be like that, names of people are nice.

 
Here , B doesn't agree with A that some people's names are silly and replies with names of people to mean that all peoole's names in the world.
It's universal, so what should I say ?
1. Names of people
2. The names of people

 

[Glasguensis]

It wouldn’t take “the” here, although it’s hard to decide because it’s such a strange thing to say.

 

[PaulQ]

Like when do we use names of people, the names of people

We don't usually say either. We usually say "people's names":
A : I have a beautiful name, don't I ? To me some people's names are just silly.

B : Hey don't be like that, people's names are nice.

 

[pops91710]

people's names