orhtej2@eviltoast.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoBamboozled!eviltoast.orgimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1731arrow-down18
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minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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’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.