Monday, September 28, 2015

plural forms - Should you say hour or hours in this type of sentence?


Being a non native speaker of English, this type of sentence always bites me:



It was a pleasant four hours journey from Nashik to Pune.



Should it be hour or hours?




Answer



As kiamlaluno comments, the standard form is a two-hour wait, three-man band, four-course meal...


Although not everyone always bothers with the hyphen, you should include it if you want your written form to be above criticism. But never pluralise the "unit" (two-hour, three-day, four-month, six-foot, etc.).


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