two people vs two persons

Both 'two people' and 'two persons' are correct, but 'two people' is more commonly used in English. 'Two persons' is less common and may sound formal or legalistic.

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two people

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'two people' when referring to a pair of individuals. It is the more common and natural way to express this idea.

Examples:

There are two people waiting for you outside.
I saw two people walking down the street.

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Alternatives:

a couple of individuals
a pair of individuals
two individuals
two folks
two individuals

two persons

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

Although 'two persons' is grammatically correct, it is less common in everyday language and may sound formal or legalistic. It is more commonly used in legal or official contexts.

Examples:

The room can accommodate up to two persons.
Two persons were seen entering the building.

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Sacramental Communion is precisely this interpenetration between two persons.
Professor, two persons are waiting for you.
Conditions This experience is available for only two persons per session.
Please note: This tour requires a minimum of two persons per booking.
There are two persons here, quickly.
These two persons must be detained... and not permitted to leave Santa Mira.
All means more than two persons.
It tells about two persons that they are not together anymore.
Now you are two persons... with only one life before you.
Into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined.
On average, there are two persons in each household in Chicago.
Specification No. 486 required both types of aircraft be able to carry two persons.
No human deaths were recorded, although two persons were slightly injured.
Population density of some Great Plains counties dipped below two persons per square mile.
Tjere are two persons here, quickly.
This little room sleeps two persons and is dedicated to the Norwegian Arctic Explorer Fridjof Nansen.
Our Romantic rooms offer place for at most two persons.
There weren't one or two persons.
High tourist tax: 4,40 euro per night per two persons.
The tariff mentioned is for only two persons.

Alternatives:

two individuals
two people
a couple of individuals
a pair of individuals
two folks

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