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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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on/per/for
It's costing us an additional 300 dollars a month [per/on/for] each car to fill up.
Which is correct?
Which is correct?
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It's costing us an additional/extra 300 dollars a month to fill up each car.
- It's costing us an additional/extra 300 dollars a month to fill up each car.
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It's costing us an additional/extra 300 dollars a month to fill up each car.
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New2grammarIf I dropped ''fill up", what would you choose?It's costing us an extra 300 dollars a month to run each car.
However, one problem with (to run each car) is that some people calculate running costs to be all the costs of keeping the car on the road - service, car tax, fuel, insurance.
It's costing us an extra 300 dollars a
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The meaning is slightly different with each sentence when words are arranged in different order.
Possibilities:
1) The recent price hike is costing us an additional 300 dollars a month per car - (same as each car). This is the total additional cost per car.
2) It's costing us an additional 300 dollars a month to operate each car. ( this suggests you have more than one
Possibilities:
1) The recent price hike is costing us an additional 300 dollars a month per car - (same as each car). This is the total additional cost per car.
2) It's costing us an additional 300 dollars a month to operate each car. ( this suggests you have more than one
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