[Grammar] Caliber use in sentence

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Huda-M

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Respected Teachers,

Kindly indicate the sentence in which the word 'Caliber/Calibre' is correctly used:

1. Persons who have a high caliber

2. Persons of high caliber

3. Persons with a high caliber

4. Persons who are of a high caliber

Thanking you in advance!
 

bhaisahab

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Respected Teachers,

Kindly indicate the sentence in which the word 'Caliber/Calibre' is correctly used:

1. Persons who have a high caliber

2. Persons of high caliber

3. Persons with a high caliber

4. Persons who are of a high caliber

Thanking you in advance!

# 2 sounds OK to me.
 

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I agree with bhai about #2, but it would sound far more natural to me with 'people' instead of 'persons'.
 

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#4 is not entirely ungrammatical though #2 is better. I agree entirely that "people" would be preferable.
 
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