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The phrase "actually two years" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to clarify or emphasize a duration of time that may be surprising or different from what was previously stated or assumed.
Example: "I thought the project would take one year, but it actually two years to complete."
Alternatives: "in fact, two years" or "really, two years".
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"This is the first school I've been actually two years in a row," he said.
Jourdan was actually two years younger than Fontaine – I wonder if he dared tease her.
Even though he is actually two years Mr Mayweather's junior, the 36-year-old fights in a relentlessly aggressive style.
She's actually two years younger than I am, but she had skipped a grade and I had flunked one.
From afar, they looked like twin pixies, Tinker Bell One and Tinker Bell Two, though the sisters were actually two years apart.
To his credit, the Australian actor (who is actually two years older than Ms. Barrymore) puts on a credible American accent.
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It is actually forty-five years old half frame and half brick.
He lures the naïve Soldier on a three-day trip, which is actually three years.
The Kernis piece, with its elaborate violin solos, is actually nine years old.
I'm actually four years older than Chip and Josh, which makes me fifteen years older than most of the spring breakers.
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