personnel vs personal
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
Christie knows that the continuity in playing personnel is a major strength and it's not one he plans to undermine with a cut-price garage sale.
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.
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.
Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
Jim Devine said the £2326 of "joinery" was for storing personal and party political material in a pub cellar he was renting.
