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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm not a native speaker.. interesting, why would that be phrased that way? It's still multiple minutes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Generally, when describing a thing, the unit is written as singular. "15 minute delay", "10 foot pole", "5 gallon bucket". When referring the unit itself though, it would be plural: "a delay of 15 minutes", "the pole is 10 feet long", "this bucket holds 5 gallons". I'm sure there's a more precise way to say this, but hopefully it helps.

[–] tyler 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The delay is singular. So one delay for fifteen minutes is a fifteen minute delay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not sure what that has to do with anything. Two delays are plural but two delays for fifteen minutes each would still be "two fifteen minute delays".