[patch] doc fixes in help.txt

[Dominique Pellé]

Hi

Please find attached doc fixes for help.txt.

Regards
Dominique

[Tony Mechelynck]

I think that in the first case the original line was correct: a
twenty-minute training, a ten-kilometre distance, a ten-foot pole,
etc.: in English the unit of measure remains (IIRC) invariable (i.e.
does not take the mark of the plural) when used with a number before
the measured noun.

Native English speakers, please chime in.

Best regards,
Tony.

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[Nick Jensen]

The 2020-04-05 08:51, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>I think that in the first case the original line was correct: a
>twenty-minute training, a ten-kilometre distance, a ten-foot pole,
>etc.: in English the unit of measure remains (IIRC) invariable (i.e.
>does not take the mark of the plural) when used with a number before
>the measured noun.

Agreed. As a native English speaker, "a 20 minutes interactive training"
is wrong. It is better without the "s" of "minutes", but actually "a
training" doesn't sound right in either case.

In my opinion, it should be either:

a 20 minute interactive course

or:

a 20 minute interactive training session

Regards,
Nick

[Dominique Pellé]

OK.
I found https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/22082/are-units-in-english-singular-or-plural

So no 's' in this case.
But, I see an inconsistency in help.txt:

* (line 34) a 20 minute interactive training
* (line 44) 20 minutes training course for beginners

Regards
Dominique

[Dominique Pellé]

I attach an updated patch thanks to your feedback.

I also noticed that there was another inconsistency
regarding how long the tutorial takes:

* in doc/help.txt: 20 minutes
* in doc/usr_01.txt: 30 minutes
* in tutor/tutor: 25-30 minutes

It's the same order of magnitude of course,
but let's be consistent and round to 30 minutes
everywhere as in the proposed patch.

Regards
Dominique

[Nick Jensen]

All good changes!

Regards,
Nick Jensen

[Bram Moolenaar]

Thanks. It used to be 20 minutes before some more pages were added.



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