“count among their ranks with” and not “to”

2023-05-23 11:34:24

The verb tellto refer to what is included in something or what is possessed (whether people, entities or qualities), is accompanied by the preposition con.

However, there are uses in the press such as “IMMS counts among its members individuals from the industry, agencies and government organizations”, “The telephone has among its characteristics a 5.5-inch screen” or “An entity of Valencia that counts among its members a Cuenca woman from Olmedilla del Campo».

According to Dictionary of the Spanish languagethe verb tellin its meanings of ‘take someone into account’ and ‘have, dispose of a quality or a certain number of people or things’, rules the preposition con in cases such as “I’m counting on you” or “the company has fifty workers”.

However, if a plugin headed with in betweensometimes the preposition appears a or directly the complement without preposition, when it is appropriate to always keep con.

For this reason, the previous examples are more appropriate in the following way: “IMMS has among its members individuals from industry, agencies and government organizations”, “The phone has among its characteristics a 5.5-inch screen” and “An entity from Valencia that has among its members a woman from Cuenca, Olmedilla del Campo.”