this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

it seems like it happens enough to be an acceptable alternate way of saying the cost of something; I see it a lot, including (in fact mostly) by native speakers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Languages evolve, or we'd all still be grunting the first sounds. "No, the other other rock. Damn, we should come up with more names for things!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In my experience/opinion, native English speakers have a different set of grammatical errors compared to non-natives. Obviously there is an overlap.