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time points

English translation: time point

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English term or phrase:time points
Selected answer:time point

22:15 Nov 1, 2013
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-11-05 16:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: time points
The subjects received moxibustion 2 min after the start of measurement and had the moxa removed at the following time points: 30 s s after patients experienced heat pain sensation.

Should time points be times?

Thank you.
yoshimi
Japan
Local time: 19:57
time point
Explanation:
This author does not seem to know when to use the singular and when the plural. Thirty seconds after experiencing the sensation is only one time point.
Selected response from:

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:57
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
I will use time points not times, although another native speaker recommends times.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +6time point
Jack Doughty


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
time point


Explanation:
This author does not seem to know when to use the singular and when the plural. Thirty seconds after experiencing the sensation is only one time point.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 88
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
I will use time points not times, although another native speaker recommends times.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Jack. I am sorry I made a mistake. I cut the sentence on the way. There are more time points.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
15 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  dandamesh
25 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Anna Herbst
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Edith Kelly
9 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: so, plural after all...
12 hrs
  -> Thank you. So it seems, but my answer was to the question as it appeared.
agree  Ashutosh Mitra
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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