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Kilimanjaro Posted 19 years ago
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5-year or 5-year old

1b005- year production02b00 or 501b00-year old / period production02b02br
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01b005-year product02b00 or 01b00five year period / old product02b02br
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00In the first sentence "production" also referes to a specific "period / time", thus justifying "5-year production". I see "5-year / moth / week + noun" in some texts. 02br
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001.Are they correct? 02br
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002. Is there a better wording?0-
  

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0 IMO, use:01i02br
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00 5-year old product02br
00 5-year period02i
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00 For 01i00production02i00, use:02br
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00 The 02br
01i00the production (process) 01b00lasted/took02b00 5 years ...02i0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10IMO, use:11i12br
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10 5-year old product 12i
11b10(Shouldn't there be a hypen between 'year' and 'old'?)12b11i12br
10 5-year period12i
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11i10the production (process) 11b10lasted/took12b
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0 01blockquote
01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10IMO, use:11i12br
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105-year old product12br
105-year period12i
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10For 11i10production12i10, use:12br
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10The 12br
11i10the production (process) 11b10lasted/

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