How should "for your own benefit" and "demonstrating procedures" be used?

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Hi. I urgently need some advice here. Please see the following sentence.
"Please spend a few moment to study the following demonstration procedures and signs for your own benefit."
I believe there is something wrong with it but I am not sure how to revise the sentence.
Should I change "a few moment" to "a few minutes" and "your own benefit" to "for your benefit"?
I am at a loss to modify "demonstration procedures" and not sure about the word "study".
Thank you in advance for your help.

GPY · Accepted Answer

If the phrase is needed, I would move "for your own benefit" to the front:

"For your own benefit, please take a few moments to study the following demonstration procedures and signs."

I find it hard to comment on "demonstration procedures and signs" without more information about exactly what the situation is and what they are studying.

Prarng · Answer

Thank you, GPY.
The sentence preceding the sentence mentioned above is "Your safety is our primary concern."
They will be used as an introduction prior to the demonstration/instructions by staff on where the fire exits are and what to do in case of emergency.

GPY · Answer

Are the audience watching and listening to a presentation by an instructor, or are they looking at printed instructions?

Prarng · Answer

They would be watching a presentation. It was already done, though. Anyway, I still would like to see what you think the sentence should be.
Yesterday, I ended up with "Your safety is our primary concern. Please take a few minutes to watch the following demonstration and pay attention to safety instructions and signs.".
Was it okay?

GPY · Answer

prarngYesterday, I ended up with "Your safety is our primary concern. Please take a few minutes to watch the following demonstration and pay attention to safety instructions and signs.".

That is basically OK. I have a couple of quite picky comments. "Please take a few minutes to ..." tends to suggest that the audience is in control of how long they spend doing something, whereas if they are watching a demonstration then it will take as long as it takes. Also, I would put a comma after "demonstration" to avoid the slightly awkward reading that they should take a few minutes to pay attention.

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much , GPY. : )

Prarng · Answer

Thank you, GPY. : )

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