Counted for or counted on?
Kondorosi Senior Member Joined Nov 15, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Jan 15, 2010 #2 Context? I counted the beans for you. :tick: I counted on you. :tick:
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jan 15, 2010 #3 Kondorosi said: Context? I counted the beans for you. :tick: I counted on you. :tick: Click to expand... Hi Kondo. How many beans make five?;-)
Kondorosi said: Context? I counted the beans for you. :tick: I counted on you. :tick: Click to expand... Hi Kondo. How many beans make five?;-)
Kondorosi Senior Member Joined Nov 15, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Jan 15, 2010 #4 bhaisahab said: Hi Kondo. How many beans make five?;-) Click to expand... I do not know. That is not my department. :lol: Five? ;-)
bhaisahab said: Hi Kondo. How many beans make five?;-) Click to expand... I do not know. That is not my department. :lol: Five? ;-)
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jan 15, 2010 #5 Kondorosi said: I do not know. That is not my department. :lol: Five? ;-) Click to expand... Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ;-)
Kondorosi said: I do not know. That is not my department. :lol: Five? ;-) Click to expand... Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ;-)
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Jan 15, 2010 #6 Azad said: Counted for or counted on? Click to expand... Most verbs in English generally don't come with appropriate prepositions. "Count" is one of them. The correct preposition depends on the phrase that comes after it.
Azad said: Counted for or counted on? Click to expand... Most verbs in English generally don't come with appropriate prepositions. "Count" is one of them. The correct preposition depends on the phrase that comes after it.
Kondorosi Senior Member Joined Nov 15, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Jan 15, 2010 #7 bhaisahab said: Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ;-) Click to expand... 1.5 (= bean an alf)*3 + 0.5 (= alf a bean) = 5 Why not 'alf a bean'*10? Or 'bean an alf'*10/3?
bhaisahab said: Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ;-) Click to expand... 1.5 (= bean an alf)*3 + 0.5 (= alf a bean) = 5 Why not 'alf a bean'*10? Or 'bean an alf'*10/3?
bhaisahab Moderator Staff member Joined Apr 12, 2008 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location Ireland Jan 15, 2010 #8 Kondorosi said: 1.5 (= bean an alf)*3 + 0.5 (= alf a bean) = 5 Why not 'alf a bean'*10? Or 'bean an alf'*10/3? Click to expand... Some say that on average one bean planted yields 10 beans, so it could be said that half a bean = 5.;-)
Kondorosi said: 1.5 (= bean an alf)*3 + 0.5 (= alf a bean) = 5 Why not 'alf a bean'*10? Or 'bean an alf'*10/3? Click to expand... Some say that on average one bean planted yields 10 beans, so it could be said that half a bean = 5.;-)
Kondorosi Senior Member Joined Nov 15, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Jan 15, 2010 #9 bhaisahab said: Some say that on average one bean planted yields 10 beans, so it could be said that half a bean = 5.;-) Click to expand... alf a bean = 5 --> Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ≠ 5 :roll::up:
bhaisahab said: Some say that on average one bean planted yields 10 beans, so it could be said that half a bean = 5.;-) Click to expand... alf a bean = 5 --> Bean an 'alf, Bean an 'alf, 'alf a bean, bean an 'alf ≠ 5 :roll::up: