How are words counted in an essay?

ManOnFire

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want to know if small words like "I" "the" "it" and "of" count when counting the words.
this is for a scholarship so pleas only answer if you know what you are talking about.
Microsoft word count says i have 258 when i use the word count tool. My mom is telling me i only have 140.

thanks a lot and also can you tell me where you got your information. thank you.
 
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