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Discover LudwigThe phrase "about four people" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when estimating or approximating the number of individuals in a group or situation.
Example: "The meeting was attended by about four people, which was fewer than expected."
Alternatives: "approximately four individuals" or "roughly four persons".
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"There were about four people in there.
UMass loses about four people a month to other companies.
Set to an equally feverish score by Ernest Chausson, "Jardin aux Lilas" is about four people in various stages of love and chill distaste, who meet and part and meet again in fleeting encounters at an evening garden party.
There are about four people paying into the system for every recipient.
The movie was about four people who meet on a London high-rise rooftop on New Year's Eve.
In about four people out of five, there is a connecting branch between the inferior laryngeal nerve, a branch of the RLN, and the internal laryngeal nerve, a branch of the superior laryngeal nerve.
(That's about four people in total).
About four people were arrested near Bryant Park, Mr. Browne said.
This investigation is about four people who were killed representing our country on foreign soil.
About four people in our group of 35 raise a hand.
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