The word 'amateurs' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to people who do something for fun or for the love of it, rather than professionally or for monetary gain. For example, "Many of the participants in the tournament were amateurs, playing for the sheer joy of the game."
Though war photography has always been high-impact, this is one of the first wars where most of it was done by amateurs.
Or has new technology locked professionals and amateurs in a mutually beneficial embrace?
The Greens senator Penny Wright echoed the call, saying schools needed qualified experts not "amateurs" to deal with the nation's "youth mental health crisis".
And while the prospect of spending several consecutive days in close proximity to a bunch of strangers didn't immediately appeal, our status as sailing amateurs allowed for bonding as we grappled with knots and sailing terms over nightly Carib beers.
Being led by eager, earnest but unqualified amateurs is no way to run an organisation with 90,000 staff and a turnover of £12bn when the main competitors are fierce beasts like Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Aldi.
The unconventional design is a nod to the unconventional nature of the Summer Exhibition, which remains the world's oldest art show, and this year received about 12,000 submission from professionals and amateurs alike – exhaustingly narrowed down by a panel to a final 1,200 works.
The players were outraged when they found out and tried to raise funds to bring their two jettisoned team-mates, Gilberto Quinteros and Miguel González, but, with all but one of them amateurs, they could not find enough money.
Bjorkman has kept himself busy, acting as mentor to another Swede in doubles specialist, Robert Lindstedt, and running an academy with the former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson, offering amateurs the chance to live and train like professionals.
"Let's go back to a time when authors were gentleman amateurs with private incomes," she tweeted.
These Shakespearean lines are from The Tempest, and a tempest was what Sutton's brave amateurs from the GM Vauxhall Conference had to endure once their brief, enthusiastic opening flurry had been repulsed on a damp, raw Norfolk afternoon.
The finalists - including the eight amateurs featured in this supplement - were each sent to a country in Africa or Asia to write an article for it.
