: Re: How to refer to a group having 3 men and 1 woman I am rewriting a story that once had a group of 4 men. Throughout the story they were often referred to as the 4 men. Now the story is

As Sarah Stark said, referring to a specific number of people over and over again is sloppy style as-is. It's the kind of thing Dan Brown does, and while his works are very marketable and page-turning, they're not known for their stylistic elegance.

Just say 'the group' ran over the bridge, 'the party', heck 'they' will work most of the time if the reader already knows 'they' refers to the group.

Don't be the guy to make every character into 'the 162cm man' or 'the white-haired woman', because it reads as amateurish.

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