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Victor_yyg Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

About one sentence of Einstein

Einstein's sentence, but i can't understand it properly, i will be very grateful if you can give me an explaination.

not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

here there are four “counts”,can you give me the meaning, valuable or not?
  

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Not everything that counts can be counted , and not everything that can be counted counts . ---Einstein This is a play on two different meanings of count . Counts here means to have value, meaning, weight, significance, or importance <landscape counts in the character of a place, but people count more>; merit consideration: be of consequence or account <these are men who really count>.

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  • Not everything that counts can be counted , and not everything that can be counted counts .
  • ---Einstein This is a play on two different meanings of count .
  • Counts here means to have value, meaning, weight, significance, or importance <landscape counts in the character of a place, but people count more>; merit consideration: be of consequence or account <these are men who really count>.
  • --- Webster's Third New International Dictionary .
  • Whereas counted here means (literally) enumerated, but also (figuratively) completely scientifically analyzed.
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Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
---Einstein

This is a play on two different meanings of count.

Counts here means
to have value, m
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Hi,

not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

This is a clever play on the fact that the word 'count' has different meanings, eg -

1. To find the total number. eg He counted his money. Or you could say he added it up. He had $10.

2. To
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