Mathematics · Logical Reasoning

Consider the following paragraph: 'THE ABILITY TO REASON ACCURATELY IS VERY IMPORTANT, AS IS THE ABILITY TO COUNT. AS AN EXERCISE IN BOTH, LET US COUNT HOW MANY TIMES THE LETTER 'E' OCCURS IN THIS PARAGRAPH. THE CORRECT COUNT IS ________.' Which option, when filled in the blank in word form, makes the final sentence perfectly accurate in counting the occurrences of the letter 'E' (including the word in the blank itself)?