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 #3 (permalink) Mon Apr 11, 2005 13:01 pm Cost of travel? |
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| kai wrote: |
Test No. incompl/elem-2 "Money accepted", question 1
I like to visit other countries but I find the ......... of travel is too high.
(a) money
(b) cost
(c) expenses
(d) currency
Test No. incompl/elem-2 "Money accepted", answer 1
I like to visit other countries but I find the cost of travel is too high.
Correct answer: (b) cost
Your answer was: incorrect
I like to visit other countries but I find the expenses of travel is too high.
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Apr 11, 2005 13:13 pm Expenses |
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This is a word meaning particular sums of money for a certain journey. If you go for an interview, sometimes your future employer will pay you what you spent on travel and this would be called travel expenses. The word cost is a general word for what you have to pay.
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| #5 (permalink) Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:17 am Expenses |
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| Alan wrote: |
| This is a word meaning particular sums of money for a certain journey. If you go for an interview, sometimes your future employer will pay you what you spent on travel and this would be called travel expenses. The word cost is a general word for what you have to pay. |
I've found this explanation of yours quite helpful. To understand perfectly I'd like to ask again whether "cost" is used generally whenever one happens to have to pay something: for the kids or their school education, to have a special outfit for a wedding celebration, to buy a car and so on? To sum up whenever it will come to "cost of living"? |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 18, 2005 13:44 pm Meaning of 'cost' |
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Yes, cost is the price you pay in order to obtain something.
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:19 pm Travel expenses |
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:idea:
I find the expenses of travel is too high.
I think this sentence is wrong because there's 2 verbs:
find and be
Am I wrong if not why? |
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| #8 (permalink) Fri Mar 11, 2011 20:19 pm Cost of travel? |
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Respected Sir,
in thish statement where is be |
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| #9 (permalink) Fri Mar 11, 2011 20:24 pm Cost of travel? |
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Hello Evren,
The statement is wrong because of the answer given in message ~4 above.
However, it is possible to have two verbs in one sentence as you can see in the correct sentence:
I like to visit other countries but I find the cost of travel is too high.
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| #10 (permalink) Fri Mar 11, 2011 20:24 pm Cost of travel? |
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Respected Sir,
in thish statement where is be |
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| #11 (permalink) Fri Mar 11, 2011 20:24 pm Cost of travel? |
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| Manojyadav wrote: |
Respected Sir,
in thish statement where is be |
Hello Manojyadav,
'is' is a form of the verb 'to be'.
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