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Amanda Kim
Hello could you help me please? Hello By another confusing preposition problem, I am stuck. The example is : The little child counted eight on his fingers. I think one should have used with or by(for imbuing the meaning of a tool) not on. I know count verb is usually followed by the preposition on like for instance, I count on you which is a different usage of count in the former one so I am wondering why one used that proposition. Please help me out of this problem. Thank you in advance. Have a good one!😊

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We us to "count on" both with to "count on someone" (trust) or to "count on fingers" (counting the number of your fingers).
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It is idiomatic to use "on" when talking about using fingers to count.
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