It works for me, this is what I used: 
@sentences = ("one sentence","two sentences, but not realy","a tesing 
+test.");
foreach $sentence(@sentences) {
#print FILE "$sentence\n";
@words = split(/[^\w'a-zA-Z0-9_'-?]/,$sentence);
$Counter =0;
foreach $word(@words){
$Counter = $Counter+1;
print ("$word\n");
}
$sentence_count{($Counter)} = $sentence_count{($Counter)}+1;
}
while (($sentence_count,$word_count) = each(%sentence_count)) {
    print ("There are $word_count sentences of $sentence_count words\n
+"); 
}

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Maybe you aren't getting the right thing in @sentences?

In reply to Re: Sentence Measurer by c-era
in thread Sentence Measurer by Anonymous Monk

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