Count againt

Hi,

Your nagging habit will count against you in teaching a class of young kids.

Your constant worry will count againt your health.

Do the above two sound right and good?

To me, they don't sound totally wrong but they don't sound entirely right. 'To count against' is better used in a situation where you are more clearly going to be judged by someone in some way.

eg In the eyes of the jury, his fingerprints on the gun counted against him.

eg Tom's constant interest in other women counted against him when he asked Mary to marry him.

The opposite would be 'counted in his favour'.

Best wishes, Clive

Your nagging habit will count against you in teaching a class of young kids.

Your constant worry will count against your health.

The first sounds all right to me, but not the second.  There I'd write:  Your constant worrying will be a detriment to your health.  count against sounds more like a social consequence to me, so it doesn't seem appropriate in matters of health.

CJ

Hi again,

What if I reword them a bit?

Your nagging habbit will be counted by the parents againt you in teaching their young kids. This is OK, but I prefer to keep the phrase 'count against you' together, ie

Your nagging habit (habit of nagging) will be counted against you by the parents in teaching their young kids.

Doctors will count your constant worry against your health.

This grammar is OK, but the sentence sounds a bit odd to me, perhaps because I don't think of doctors as 'judging me'.  I think of them as accepting me the way I am, and just offering me a little gentle advice.  

Best wishes, Clive