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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Hey ! Is it countable in hands or countable by hands...for example...the event is almost near that it is countable by hands or countable in hands.
  

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Neither of those two expressions is natural. Try, The event is so near that the number of days to wait can be counted on one hand. q=count+on+one+hand

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  • Neither of those two expressions is natural.
  • Try, The event is so near that the number of days to wait can be counted on one hand.
  • q=count+on+one+hand
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Neither of those two expressions is natural.
Try,
The event is so near that the number of days to wait can be counted on one hand.

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/count-something-on-the-fingers-of-o
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The number of days to the event can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
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