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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThat doesn’t grammatically work though. Wrong verb tense on ‘costs’. Better opening line: Do you know what the cost of a chimney is? A chimney’s cost is ‘through the roof’. A chimney does not cost ‘through the roof’.
minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThat’s not a tense issue, it’s different parts of speech. “X costs something” is using the verb cost in the 3rd person singular. “An X’s cost” is using the noun cost.
That doesn’t grammatically work though.
Wrong verb tense on ‘costs’.
Better opening line:
Do you know what the cost of a chimney is?
A chimney’s cost is ‘through the roof’.
A chimney does not cost ‘through the roof’.
That’s not a tense issue, it’s different parts of speech. “X costs something” is using the verb cost in the 3rd person singular. “An X’s cost” is using the noun cost.