"without counting" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
For example, "We have 10 apples, without counting the ones in the basket on the table."
And that's without "counting every vote"!
(Without counting the delays at military checkpoints, that is).
Specific culls could be organised without counting in the overall national quota.
Brown's Treasury boasted that migrants boosted GDP – without counting whether they boosted GDP per capita.
I retain the skill to dictate an article of any given length without counting the words.
And that's without counting an impressive range of oil industry investments that are coming on.
Ahern put the cash into a safe, without counting it – and without offering a receipt.
That's without counting the 25m tonnes of oil a year that powers our cars, lorries, trains and planes, he explains.
"Their assets outside are typically as large as their assets inside superannuation, even without counting home ownership.
He said 120 million doses should be available by October, without counting on any extra production from MedImmune.
Amy Call, a spokeswoman for Mr. Daniels, said, "New York will get $20 billion without counting victims' comp".
