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(Threads now has a fixed 15 minutes delay before they federate a post) (i.imgflip.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

a fixed 15-minute* delay

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

In the first case, the subject (object? I always get them confused) is delay (which is singular), and the adjective is "15 minute".

In the second, the thing is "minutes" (plural) modified by "15".

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