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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Count

Could you tell me which one sounds natural between the following sentences?

A1. Count the number of people who came to the party last night.
A2. Count the number of people coming to the party last night.
B. Count people who came to the party last night.
  

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Personally, A1. "Coming" (in A2) would work for a future event.

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  • Personally, A1.
  • "Coming" (in A2) would work for a future event.
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Personally, A1.
"Coming" (in A2) would work for a future event.
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Could you tell me why B sounds unnatural?
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B. Count people who came to the party last night.

This sound the most natural to me. Laid back and good.
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lucas21cwhich one sounds natural
I find them all unnatural. I never count anything that is not physically present before me. And, to be technically correct, you can't count a number; you count things. I think 'count' is the wrong verb, but I'm not sure which verb you want.

CJ
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Count the people...
Just "count people" sounds off to me.
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