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Fewer/less than a dozen (people)
Adjective [a compar. of] little [with] least [as superl.] fewer: less than a dozen. https://www.wordreference.com/definition/less A dozen is semantically plural ("twelve") yet it is grammatically singular, so which form is correct fewer/less than a dozen?

Secondly, what about Fewer/less than a dozen people?

Determiner (preceded by a or a numeral): a.) (a group of) twelve: two dozen oranges b.) (as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) There are at least a dozen who haven't arrived yet Collins Concise English Dictionary --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:52, 27 October 2020 (UTC)