Elliott wave theory confusion

Hi guys. I want to ask a question about Elliot Wave theory. In books about Elliot Wave, we always see that a 5 wave up followed by a 3 wave down. And in these 3 waves down, we have wave A and C comprise of 5 waves and wave B comprises of 3 wave. If it is true then a correction will always be zigzag (5-3-5), which doesn't make sense! Can anyone explain it to me? Is wave A necessary to have a 5 subwaves down ?

no it is not necessary a corrective wave can be any kind of wave but most common are zigzag and double zigzag i don't remember percentage but it is like 46 % and 17%

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Thanks, I don't know why at the beginning of all books about Elliot wave, they always draw wave A and C with 5 waves.

Hi,

They probably use this "simple" view so that no to confuse newbies...

What if as a first example for elliot wave, i go for much more complex corrections (such as double or triple 3's) ?
I think, they just wanted to keep it simple for the first approach, and then go further with extended waves, failed fifths, complex corrections, ...