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[navi tasan]

1-He made me count the money five times over.


Did I count the money five times in all or six times?


Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Five times.

"Five times over" is more or less the same as saying "in a succession of five times".

 

[MikeNewYork]

1-He made me count the money five times over.


Did I count the money five times in all or six times?



Gratefully,
Navi.

It is a strange sentence, but I would say 6 times in all.

 

[JMurray]

not a teacher

He made me count the money five times over.

As the sentence stands I would think you had to count the money five times in all, in succession.
For example, "twice over" means doing it two times.

 

[MikeNewYork]

not a teacher

He made me count the money five times over.

As the sentence stands I would think you had to count the money five times in all, in succession.
For example, "twice over" means doing it two times.

I may be wrong, but my take is this. If someone asks you to count something that is once. Then if he/she asks you to count it over, that is twice. Then if it is five times over, I get 6. But I confess, I've never heard that expression before.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

I have seen the expression before, and indicates a repetitive sequence (in this case of five times when counting the money).

(11 = over - definition of over by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.)

 

[SoothingDave]

5 times

 

[emsr2d2]

I may be wrong, but my take is this. If someone asks you to count something that is once. Then if he/she asks you to count it over, that is twice. Then if it is five times over, I get 6. But I confess, I've never heard that expression before.

It was counted five times.

MikeNewYork is right that if you count something and then someone asks you to count it over, then it's been counted once and then once again (twice in total). But that can also be worded as "It was counted twice over".

Do it over = Do it again.
Do it five times over = Do it five times in succession.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It was counted five times.

MikeNewYork is right that if you count something and then someone asks you to count it over, then it's been counted once and then once again (twice in total). But that can also be worded as "It was counted twice over".

Do it over = Do it again.
Do it five times over = Do it five times in succession.

I get it now.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

...many times over.

...several times over.