"How much did your tv cost". The sentence and tense are obviously correct, but can you please explain why it's past simple even though a time isn't specified?
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"How much did your TV cost ? ". If a person owns a TV, it means they purchased it in the past.
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"How much did your TV cost ?
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If a person owns a TV, it means they purchased it in the past.
They paid some money for it.
" You are thinking about buying it in the future.
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"How much did your TV cost?". If a person owns a TV, it means they purchased it in the past. They paid some money for it. When you visit this person and see the nice TV, you can ask, "How much did your TV cost?" or "How much did you pay for your TV?" or "Where did you buy the TV?"
"How much does this TV cost?" If you are in an electron