how to count words in an assay?

Question

do you count all the 'a's, 'the's and such or only words greater than three letters.

Answer 1

yes they r also counted as words. but they dont exactly count all the words in essay. they just count the no. of lines & guess if u have exceeded the word limit. do this simple practice.
underline the main points or sentences which u want to keep in prominence. the teacher will be impressed by u , plus she will have to read only the main points.

Answer 2

You count only words greater than 3 letters.

Answer 3

Typically they mean to count all the words, even articles like "a" and "the". If you have word count on your computer that is usually helpful, because it counts the words in between the spaces you typed, but beware, it will count hyphenated words as one. And for future reference, essay is spelled with an "e".

Answer 4

all words count, even "a", you could also try counting the amount of words on four lines and get the average per line, then count the lines and multiply them both together, much quicker and very accurate!

Answer 5

yes, you do. one fast way of estimating how many words you've written is taking the number of words on 1 line x the number of lines. If you did your essay on the computer, even easier, use microsoft word count.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I usually count all the words. 'a' is a word too.

Answer 8

Do it on the computer, then on the menu click on Tools > Word Count. It will do it automatically.

Answer 9

Just write 10 more words than required, and don't worry about it!

Answer 10

WELL...I count the "a"'s and "the"s b/c sometimes you need them to meet a quota,LOL...
BUT... Microsoft Word, also counts them...I just checked it on my computer :-)