people vs men vs persons

[Penuel]

Hello everybody!
Please let me know what is the best way to say:
Three people / three persons / three men

Thanks!

[Nehaal~]

I think you can not say three prople ^_^ but I am not sure

[Skrej]

All 3 are acceptable.

I'd comment that although '3 persons' is correct, the usage of 'persons' seems to be falling out of use. I think it's used more nowadays in formal or legal documents.

'3 men' would of course be limited to situations where you actually knew the gender of the 3 in question, where 'people' isn't gender specific.
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[Nehaal~]

thank you Skrej