two flights delay or two flight delays?
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- zincboyd
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two flights delay or two flight delays?
Hello. If I would like to say, one airline stated that there were two flights delay due to an engine failure. Should it be “two flight delays”? or “two flights delay”? thank you
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Re: two flights delay or two flight delays?
Two flight delays would be grammatical.
Alternatively,
There are two flights delayED...
Alternatively,
There are two flights delayED...
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Re: two flights delay or two flight delays?
Is your example one flight that got delayed two times, or is it two different flights?
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Re: two flights delay or two flight delays?
'Two flight delays' could potentially have either meaning, depending on context.