how to express this in a sentence

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Pardon? How to express what?!
 

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:shock: i miss the questions

here is my questions: are these two groups of sentence right?

reduce the hole to 5.0mm diameter
reduce the hole diameter to 5.0mm

reduce the hole for assembly to 5.0mm diameter
reduce the hole diameter for assembly to 5.0mm


thanks for any comments:up:
 

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:shock: I miss the questions.

Here is my question: are these two groups of sentence right?

Reduce the hole to 5.0mm diameter.
Reduce the hole diameter to 5.0mm.

Reduce the hole for assembly to 5.0mm diameter.
Reduce the hole diameter for assembly to 5.0mm.


Thanks for any comments.:up:

They are now.
 

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Thanks for correction, bhaisahab.:lol:
Now, I know either type of expression can make sense :cool:
 

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:-?What sort of material are we talking about here?

It's easy enough to enlarge a hole but how do you make it smaller?

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One can reduce the diameter of anything like a tube by inserting another tube with smaller diameter. The new diameter is the inner diameter.
 
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