My friend was correcting me on my email when she asked me how much my gym membership costs me. I told her "It costed me $400 when I first joined last year," and she said there's no such word as costed. Is this true? And if so, how should I have worded my sentence?
2006-10-04 04:47:17 · 22 answers · asked by Crayon 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I've searched online dictionaries and there are entries for "costed" but the descriptions seem a little different from what my sentence was saying. So does it mean "costed" is a word, but just not used correctly in my sentence?
2006-10-04 04:48:51 · update #1
"Cost" is an irregular verb and to make it past you don't add the -ed. It stays as "cost" in the past too.
2006-10-04 06:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What you put in your additional details section is correct. Costed is a word but it shouldn't have been used in your sentence. You should have said something like, "It cost me $400 when I joined last year."
2006-10-04 05:01:27 · answer #2 · answered by Ms. Roberts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its a word you used it in the wrong sentence. It should be it cost me 400 or it costs 400.
2006-10-04 04:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by *Bella Reveuse* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should say the apple cost you $10. Costed is not a word. By the way, that is a pretty expensive apple.
2006-10-04 04:58:36 · answer #4 · answered by Nate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct phrase as you use it, is "It cost me $400 when I first joined, last year."
Despite what several people have suggested, "costed" is a word, if an infrequently used one. If you do a cost-analysis of something, you can properly say, "I costed something out."
2006-10-04 06:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by metatron 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
costed is not a word. cost can be used in past tense too. the proper way of saying that would be "it cost me $400" I know it sounds stupid, but its true. A better way of wording it would be "The cost for the membership was $400"
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2006-10-04 04:56:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most of us are in agreement
The apple cost $10.
Sam costed out the last load of sand from Timbuktu
2006-10-04 06:36:28 · answer #7 · answered by teplitz39 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"It cost me $400" would be correct if you meant that was how much you paid for it.
"I have costed gym membership at $400" would mean that you went out and found an estimate of how much gym membership would cost.
2006-10-05 10:25:05 · answer #8 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the correct way to say that would be "The apple cost me $10."
2006-10-04 04:55:01 · answer #9 · answered by ScubaGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should be "The apple cost $400"
2006-10-04 04:54:32 · answer #10 · answered by StarrLee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word 'costed' sounds like it's a past transitive verb for multiple items. Sound it out and ask yourself if it makes sense. If it's a 'no' the it should be corrected. 'Cost' is both a present and past verb for non-plural items only. Sometimes grammer can be funny that way.
2006-10-04 15:22:37 · answer #11 · answered by mrgoodbar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋