• Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    It cost 70 dollars to drive it to and from work is how I took it.

    They are dropping the implied context which is rather normal in regular speech but weird for themis comic

    • abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Yes, but even then you should be referring to a single instance of driving to and from work. If you’re speaking generally, you would still use “costs” because that implies an ongoing situation.

      “On Thursday, it cost $70 to drive to work” would be appropriate.