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Wed 16 Jun, 2021 08:36 pm
Hello everyone, I'm a English learner. I just encountered some questions.
Is it okay to say "It cost Tom $50 to book a standard room in the hotel." without any context? I was arguing it with my friends. They say the word "cost" is used in past tense, while I'm confused for this isolated sentence could not suggest any marks that can prove it is used in past tense. Are their words reasonable? I think there should be some time indicators like "yesterday", "last Friday", etc. Hope for your suggestions.
@CWang,
Yes, "cost" here is past tense. It doesn't need context, the tense of "cost" is all you need although when he paid it isn't defined.
@CWang,
Yes, there are a handful of words where the present tense is the same as the past tense. Most of them end with the letter t or the letter d. We just use them as is and they rarely cause confusion.
@engineer,
That really helps, thanks a lot.
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