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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Why can't we say "the cost to being (sth)," rather than "the cost of being (smth)"? Thanks.
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It's just an arbitrary combination of words that has to be learned. the cost to is not used, but the cost of is used. The preposition of often has to do with having .
- It's just an arbitrary combination of words that has to be learned.
- the cost to is not used, but the cost of is used.
- The preposition of often has to do with having .
- When you talk about the cost of a thing, you're talking about the cost that it has .
- Maybe you haven't noticed, but there are many cases where a noun is followed by a certain preposition and not another.
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It's just an arbitrary combination of words that has to be learned. the cost to is not used, but the cost of is used. The preposition of often has to do with having. When you talk about the cost of a thing, you're talking about the cost that it has.
Maybe you haven't noticed, but there are many cases where a noun is followed by a certain prepo
Maybe you haven't noticed, but there are many cases where a noun is followed by a certain prepo
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