Common Errors - Year

year

noun

1

BAD: I've been playing the piano since I was seven years.

GOOD: I've been playing the piano since I was seven.

GOOD: I've been playing the piano since I was seven years old.

GOOD: I've been playing the piano since I was seven years of age.

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When stating someone's age, use just a number on its own OR a number + years old/years of age (NOT years ): 'I'm almost eighteen.' 'My sister is fifteen years old.' 

2

BAD: Robert was a little boy of ten years.

GOOD: Robert was a little boy of ten.

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a boy/girl/son etc  + of  + number (WITHOUT years ): 'a child of six', 'a man of fifty'

3

See AGE 2 (↑age), 6, 7

4

See OLD 1 (↑old), 2 

5

See RECENT (↑recent)