personal vs personnel
Definitions
adjective
- particular to a given individual
- indicating grammatical person
- intimately concerning a person's body or physical being
- of or arising from personality
- concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality
noun
- a short newspaper article about a particular person or group
Examples
When I looked at the chart a second time, I saw that there was a lot Michael had left out of his personal history; specifically, IVDU—intravenous drug use—dating back ten years, and a major depression that had led to a psychiatric hospitalization and ECT, electroconvulsive therapy.
The huge amounts that this would bring in would allow the personal allowance to be raised by a couple of thousand, helping those on low and medium incomes.
Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting.
Definitions
noun
- group of people willing to obey orders
- the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
Examples
Whether Mr. Johnson was speaking metaphorically or just plain sillily, the fact he was expressing concern over adding many US military personnel to a small island displays concern for the overall impact on the Guamites … Guamians … Guamicans, hell just what does one call a resident of Guam?
Personnel from HMAS Anzac set off to do a tour of Egypt while the ship is anchored near the entrance to the Suez Canal.
Until we get consular access to our service personnel, we can't be satisfied on their condition.
