numbers+nouns
There are some nouns that when we use them after numbers (more than one) they sometimes don't take a plural (s). For example in some cases we say "Five month" but I've also seen "Five months". What is the difference?
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The only time you would do this is when you are using the noun as part of an adjectival phrase.
A five-month delay.
But: A delay of five months.
An eighteen-hole golf course has eighteen holes.
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As the example given by Mike
" An eighteen-hole golf course has eighteen holes. "
Here, we have two nouns, the golf course and the holes.
An eighteen - hole golf course, if it refers to the noun "golf course", it is singular, if it refers to the noun "holes", then it is plural.
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