The people in my country don't have a healthy lifestyle

[Rachel Adams]

This is my sentence and I have two questions about it. Should it be "the people" or "people," and "lifestyles" instead of "a lifestyle"?


"The people in my country don't have a healthy lifestyle."

 

[teechar]

Use "people" if you're talking in a general sense about people in your country.
"A healthy lifestyle" is okay; "healthy lifestyles" suggests there several possible healthy lifestyles.

 

[Tdol]

The people would include everyone

 

[Rachel Adams]

The people would include everyone

Doesn't "people" usually include "everyone"? :shock: Do you mean "The people" means "all the people"?

 

[emsr2d2]

"The people" means everyone. "People" would generally be taken to mean some people, although it could mean everyone. To avoid ambiguity, I suggest you start with "Some/Many people".

The suggestion of it being something that doesn't apply to everyone can also be expressed by "There are people in my country ...".