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    This document provides guidelines for describing different age groups and using doubling/tripling terminology. It explains that those aged 45-50 can be referred to as "people aged 45-50 years old" or "the 45 to 50-year-olds". It also outlines when to use "double/triple" vs. "twofold/threefold", indicating that the former are used to compare two subjects in one year while the latter describe a one subject's increase over different years.

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    This document provides guidelines for describing different age groups and using doubling/tripling terminology. It explains that those aged 45-50 can be referred to as "people aged 45-50 years old" or "the 45 to 50-year-olds". It also outlines when to use "double/triple" vs. "twofold/threefold", indicating that the former are used to compare two subjects in one year while the latter describe a one subject's increase over different years.

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    Age Groups + Twofold-Threefold

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    This document provides guidelines for describing different age groups and using doubling/tripling terminology. It explains that those aged 45-50 can be referred to as "people aged 45-50 years old" or "the 45 to 50-year-olds". It also outlines when to use "double/triple" vs. "twofold/threefold", indicating that the former are used to compare two subjects in one year while the latter describe a one subject's increase over different years.

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    DESCRIBING AGE GROUPS

    People aged 45-50 years old


    => People / citizens / individuals at the age of 45-50
    => People in the 45-50 age group
    => The 45 to 50-year-old people / citizens / individuals
    => The 45 to 50-year-olds
    => People whose ages are / were from 45 to 50

    DOUBLE / TRIPLE & TWOFOLD / THREEFOLD


    Double / triple: Use as Verbs or Adjectives
    * Use to compare 2 subjects in one year
    Ex: The number of mobile phones produced by Samsung doubled / was double that
    of Iphone in 1997

    Twofold / Threefold: Use as Adjectives or Adverbs


    * Use to compare 1 subject in two different years (in a period) + only use to
    describe the rising trend
    Ex: The number of mobile phones produced by Samsung increased twofold from
    30 million in 1994 to 60 million in 1998
    or: The number of mobile phones produced by Samsung witnessed a twofold
    increase from 30 million in 1994 to 60 million in 1998

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