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Short time period or short period of time.

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00I did it in a short period of time. 02br
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0 TIME PERIOD or period of time? 02br 00Hi, I searched for both phrases on Google. Maybe ‘time period’ is frequently used to refer to geology and history.

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0 TIME PERIOD or period of time? 02br
00Hi, I searched for both phrases on Google. Maybe ‘time period’ is frequently used to refer to geology and history. To me, ‘time period’ refers to something that has earned a place in a museum or in the history books. Contrast this with ‘period of time’ which is used to refer to current events and day-to-day occurrences. I did find something on
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0 Thanks. Very interesting. 02br
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00Then I can say: 02br
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00I did it in a short time. 02br
00I did it in a short period. 0-
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A short period of time is better.
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I did it in a short period does not sound at all natural.

Time/period are not interchangeable in this way.

'I did it quickly' would be best but otherwise I did it in a short period of time.
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I did it in a short time period (correct)
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Both of them are correct

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I did it in a short period of time.

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