Dear @JonathanGregory,

yes, I also wasn't entirely happy with the word "count". I assumed that 
something like a fractional count would not be uncommon, but that might well be 
due to a lack in my understanding of the english language. I am happy with the 
term number as well.

It think the first instance of `as a count` can be removed. I just added it to 
create a reference from the unit in the `units` attribute to the number. We 
could probably change the wording of the units to `... units of the time 
coordinate variable (containing the unit of the number and the reference 
date-time)...`. I just want to avoid the `unit of time` as referring to time in 
this place feels a little bit like a cycle in reasoning.

Then for the last part we could maybe try something like `...it is assumed that 
the coordinate value advances by exactly 60 seconds from the start of any 
minute...` or something similar in more proper english 😬. I'd like to point out 
that the 60 seconds are not about the actual time passed but about the amount 
of seconds the _number_ has changed.

I'll have a look at the other points.

All the best,
Tobi

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