Nick Jensen <n...@jense.nz> wrote: > 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
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 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/CAON-T_hMzeBB7Jj72MnLA9ErcGYVLJP49poQ2BtvZwQtCYMBhw%40mail.gmail.com.
