Homework Help: English

Posted by rfvv on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 3:33am.

My father lived to be ninety.
My father lived to be ninety years old.
My father lived until/till ninety.
My father lived until/till ninety years old.
My father lived until/till he was ninety (years old).

(Are all the expressions grammatical and the same? Which expressions are generally used?)

English - Writeacher, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 6:53am
The only sentence I wouldn't use is the fourth sentence. The others are fine.

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