"A year long prison sentence

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.
I am looking for a more natural way to rephrase my sentence. Can I change the quoted sentence into "He will serve a year-long sentence"?

"He didn't commit a violent crime. His punishment is just one year."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hello.
I am looking for a more natural way to rephrase my sentence. Can I change the quoted sentence into "He will serve a year-long sentence"?

"He didn't commit a violent crime. His sentence is just one year."

Either way is fine. The most natural way to put it is "He'll just serve a year."

 

[Rachel Adams]

Either way is fine. The most natural way to put it is "He'll just serve a year."

Only this one was wrong. Right? "His punishment is just one year."

 

[emsr2d2]

Only this one was wrong. Right? "His punishment is just one year."

That doesn't make it clear that it's a custodial sentence.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Only this one was wrong. Right? "His sentence is just one year."

Again, punishment is wrong, sentence is right.

His punishment is a one-year sentence.

 

[Tdol]

In BrE, you could say that he's going down for a year.

 

[tedmc]

How about incarcerated for a year?

 

[Tdol]

Possible, but a bit formal.