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Is that a correct expression?
How do you usually say that you are neither tall nor short?
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Seems fine...although you could just state your actual height e.g. I'm 5' 10" (is that average?).

"I am of medium height" is very formal.

Colloquially one would probably say "I am about average height" or, as suggested, "I am about 5'9" (one metre 73)."

Harzer

But is it correct? Of course! As Harzer says, however, quite formal, and unlikely to be used in normal conversation.

You ask the wrong question, cftranslate. If I understand your intention properly, you might do better to ask: "Is that a natural expression?"

Larry Latham

No. The question is clear: is it correct to say that?

This time I was converned about the use of the preposition.

But you are right with respect to my intentions. As usual, I am above all interested in what sounds natural and what is frequently used rather than what is considered correct which I don't care that much.

OK. The preposition is correct.

Larry Latham