问
In 1931, Duke Ellington broke the traditional three-minutes time limit set for commercial A B C D records. (TOEFL) 请问 three minutes time limit 有什么错误?
答
当数词 + 名词用作定语时,一般要用名词的单数形式,例如 a two hundred word report (一份 200 字的报告)。因此,上题中的 three minutes 应改为 three minute 或合成词 three-minute。