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5 minutes is not enough vs 5 minutes are not enough

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. '5 minutes is not enough' is correct when referring to a singular unit of time (5 minutes), while '5 minutes are not enough' is correct when emphasizing the plural nature of the minutes. The choice between 'is' and 'are' depends on whether you are treating the time as a singular unit or as individual minutes.

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5 minutes is not enough

This phrase is correct when referring to a singular unit of time (5 minutes).

Use '5 minutes is not enough' when treating the time as a singular unit.
  • Sep 25, 2024 ... 5 minutes is not enough time to retrieve your lost things. Discussion. I died by falling off a walkway and deep into an underground abyss. It ...
  • the file of 20GB is all data, the containers fields are stores externally. My though is that the interval of 5 minutes is not enough to make the first copy, in ...
  • 5 days ago ... 5 minutes is not enough. Rant. Our managers are threatening write ups for cpu not dispensing fast enough. There's only 2 of us at night with ...
  • 5 minutes is not enough to get ready for my midlife, I need much more time to do that… but I don't have time to do that. My point exactly! Our midlife can ...
  • Feb 17, 2023 ... 5 minutes is not enough, how to increase length? ... I like the easiness of Moments but I need bigger clips. I've been using another product until ...
  • May 5, 2019 ... 5 minutes is not enough time for changing from a Swiss train to a French TGV at Basel. 5 minutes would be the minimum I would accept between 2 Swiss trains.
  • Oct 22, 2013 ... One could argue that for bigger, more complex boards 5 minutes is not enough. I don't agree. When we are interacting with the boards we ...
  • Oct 30, 2024 ... 5 minutes is not enough to full reoder the bank or do your entire ah listing. changing this restores some of the originial gameplay where ...
  • Mar 18, 2016 ... But, for larger cases, 5 minutes is not enough time to finish, and so multiple cases wind up copying at the same time. This causes problems ...

Alternatives:

  • The 5-minute break is not enough.

5 minutes are not enough

This phrase is correct when emphasizing the plural nature of the minutes.

Use '5 minutes are not enough' when treating the minutes as individual units.
  • Sep 4, 2024 ... These 5 minutes are not enough to backup my storage with Smart Switch so when I try the phone shuts off less than halfway through. Because ...
  • Mar 4, 2024 ... 5 minutes are not enough to resume the last 12 days, but it gives a hint of what we're talking about. Huge effort and team work everywhere.
  • Jul 30, 2017 ... I understand, but 5 minutes are not enough to finish what you are doing in most cases. Zitieren · Zum Seitenanfang · JakoMako. Recruit. Founder.
  • Jan 26, 2018 ... At the end I want to say, that I think 5 Minutes are not enough time to reconnect if your Pc crashes or something else. I would be happy if ...
  • Oct 10, 2017 ... Our results and simulations suggest that 5 minutes are not enough to achieve a stabilized SBP in most patients and at least 25 minutes are required.
  • Mar 5, 2018 ... @pulsar33 I tried your tip serveral times thie evening, but it doesn't work until now. Maybe i'm too impatient Pehaps 5 minutes are not enough..
  • Oct 19, 2017 ... The results suggest that 5 minutes are not enough to achieve a stabilized SBP in most patients and at least 25 minutes are required. The ...
  • Sep 21, 2017 ... As mentioned if at first you think that 3-5 minutes are not enough, try to increase the time period to 7 or 10 but a) it should be a fixed ...
  • Apr 21, 2023 ... 5 minutes are not enough to get rid of typos and stupid autocorrect alterations. We'll we'll we'll, I'll leave it as it is. – Sredni Vashtar.

Alternatives:

  • The 5 minutes we have are not enough.

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