Personal is an adjective.
It can mean relating to or belonging to someone.
For example: Your personal belongings are the things that belong to
you.
It can relate to the private parts of someone's life, including their
relationships and feelings.
For example: If you have personal problems, it means you have problems
that are private and sensitive to you. Perhaps problems in a relationship.
It can also mean something that is designed for or used by one person.
For example: a personal computer or stereo.
And it can relate to your body
For example: when talk about personal hygiene.
!If you are rude
about or offensive towards someone it could be said that you are being
personal.
Personnel is a noun.
The people who work for an organisation are the personnel.
For example: military personnel are the members of an army.
The department of an organisation that deals with finding people to work
there, keeping records about them, etc is the Personnel Department. The
head of that department is the personnel manager.
For example: "I need to speak to someone in Personnel."
!Many businesses have changed the name of their Personnel
Department to 'The Human Resources Department' (HRD for short). |