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What tenses should I use in clauses joined by “so”?for the comparison - basic or comparative adjective?What's wrong with this separation between a relative clause and the adjective?How can 'important', an adjective, modify an entire clause? Why not an adverb?adjective with from…toCan relative pronouns and clauses follow demonstrative determiners?Which is the correct one between these sentences?Poorly explained usage of grammar constructionIs “presently present” grammatically correct?The way of using ''with honey color '' in sentence below













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Can i use “paid” as an adjective while indicating an amount as is the case with the sentence below ?




Plastic bag will be paid by 25 cent .




Or would it be better to say:




Plastic bags will be charged at 25 cent.







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    Plastic bag will be paid by 25 cent .




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    Plastic bags will be charged at 25 cent.







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      Can i use “paid” as an adjective while indicating an amount as is the case with the sentence below ?




      Plastic bag will be paid by 25 cent .




      Or would it be better to say:




      Plastic bags will be charged at 25 cent.







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      Can i use “paid” as an adjective while indicating an amount as is the case with the sentence below ?




      Plastic bag will be paid by 25 cent .




      Or would it be better to say:




      Plastic bags will be charged at 25 cent.







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          Neither sentence is grammatical, though I think I understand what you’re asking. Either charge or cost or pay would be an appropriate word here, and each one can be used as follows:




          In four months they will charge 25 cents per plastic bag.



          In four months customers will be charged 25 cents per plastic bag.



          In four months it will cost 25 cents to get a plastic bag.



          In four months customers will have to pay 25 cents per plastic bag.







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            Paid can be an adjective, used in contrast to unpaid - for example, you might be looking for paid work.



            However, your suggested sentence doesn't use paid correctly. Paid by is saying that 25 cents will pay the bag. No-one is paying the bags everything. It would also still be a verb, in passive voice.



            The usage of charged in your second example is something you might hear in general usage. Properly, it is a verb, and it should be "will be charged for". No dictionary I've found admits an adjective use of charged in that sense. However, usage in some dialects drops the for so charged ends up looking like an adjective. It isn't. Charged is only an adjective in reference to electrical charge - and then other things by analogy to electrical charge.




            Plastic bags will be charged for, at 25 cents.




            That works, but it's clunky and shouldn't be used formally because it just sounds like you didn't think about it properly.



            Try:




            There will be a charge of 25 cents per plastic bag.

            You will have to pay 25 cents for each plastic bag.




            There are other options, of course. A bewildering array. It's not a good place for using the passive voice, though.






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            • Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

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            • Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

              – SamBC
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              @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

              – alephzero
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            • It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

              – Mixolydian
              7 hours ago






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              I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

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            Neither sentence is grammatical, though I think I understand what you’re asking. Either charge or cost or pay would be an appropriate word here, and each one can be used as follows:




            In four months they will charge 25 cents per plastic bag.



            In four months customers will be charged 25 cents per plastic bag.



            In four months it will cost 25 cents to get a plastic bag.



            In four months customers will have to pay 25 cents per plastic bag.







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              Neither sentence is grammatical, though I think I understand what you’re asking. Either charge or cost or pay would be an appropriate word here, and each one can be used as follows:




              In four months they will charge 25 cents per plastic bag.



              In four months customers will be charged 25 cents per plastic bag.



              In four months it will cost 25 cents to get a plastic bag.



              In four months customers will have to pay 25 cents per plastic bag.







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                Neither sentence is grammatical, though I think I understand what you’re asking. Either charge or cost or pay would be an appropriate word here, and each one can be used as follows:




                In four months they will charge 25 cents per plastic bag.



                In four months customers will be charged 25 cents per plastic bag.



                In four months it will cost 25 cents to get a plastic bag.



                In four months customers will have to pay 25 cents per plastic bag.







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                Neither sentence is grammatical, though I think I understand what you’re asking. Either charge or cost or pay would be an appropriate word here, and each one can be used as follows:




                In four months they will charge 25 cents per plastic bag.



                In four months customers will be charged 25 cents per plastic bag.



                In four months it will cost 25 cents to get a plastic bag.



                In four months customers will have to pay 25 cents per plastic bag.








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                    Paid can be an adjective, used in contrast to unpaid - for example, you might be looking for paid work.



                    However, your suggested sentence doesn't use paid correctly. Paid by is saying that 25 cents will pay the bag. No-one is paying the bags everything. It would also still be a verb, in passive voice.



                    The usage of charged in your second example is something you might hear in general usage. Properly, it is a verb, and it should be "will be charged for". No dictionary I've found admits an adjective use of charged in that sense. However, usage in some dialects drops the for so charged ends up looking like an adjective. It isn't. Charged is only an adjective in reference to electrical charge - and then other things by analogy to electrical charge.




                    Plastic bags will be charged for, at 25 cents.




                    That works, but it's clunky and shouldn't be used formally because it just sounds like you didn't think about it properly.



                    Try:




                    There will be a charge of 25 cents per plastic bag.

                    You will have to pay 25 cents for each plastic bag.




                    There are other options, of course. A bewildering array. It's not a good place for using the passive voice, though.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                      – language learner
                      10 hours ago











                    • Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                      – SamBC
                      10 hours ago






                    • 1





                      @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                      – alephzero
                      8 hours ago












                    • It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                      – Mixolydian
                      7 hours ago






                    • 1





                      I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                      – SamBC
                      7 hours ago















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                    Paid can be an adjective, used in contrast to unpaid - for example, you might be looking for paid work.



                    However, your suggested sentence doesn't use paid correctly. Paid by is saying that 25 cents will pay the bag. No-one is paying the bags everything. It would also still be a verb, in passive voice.



                    The usage of charged in your second example is something you might hear in general usage. Properly, it is a verb, and it should be "will be charged for". No dictionary I've found admits an adjective use of charged in that sense. However, usage in some dialects drops the for so charged ends up looking like an adjective. It isn't. Charged is only an adjective in reference to electrical charge - and then other things by analogy to electrical charge.




                    Plastic bags will be charged for, at 25 cents.




                    That works, but it's clunky and shouldn't be used formally because it just sounds like you didn't think about it properly.



                    Try:




                    There will be a charge of 25 cents per plastic bag.

                    You will have to pay 25 cents for each plastic bag.




                    There are other options, of course. A bewildering array. It's not a good place for using the passive voice, though.






                    share|improve this answer























                    • Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                      – language learner
                      10 hours ago











                    • Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                      – SamBC
                      10 hours ago






                    • 1





                      @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                      – alephzero
                      8 hours ago












                    • It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                      – Mixolydian
                      7 hours ago






                    • 1





                      I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                      – SamBC
                      7 hours ago













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                    Paid can be an adjective, used in contrast to unpaid - for example, you might be looking for paid work.



                    However, your suggested sentence doesn't use paid correctly. Paid by is saying that 25 cents will pay the bag. No-one is paying the bags everything. It would also still be a verb, in passive voice.



                    The usage of charged in your second example is something you might hear in general usage. Properly, it is a verb, and it should be "will be charged for". No dictionary I've found admits an adjective use of charged in that sense. However, usage in some dialects drops the for so charged ends up looking like an adjective. It isn't. Charged is only an adjective in reference to electrical charge - and then other things by analogy to electrical charge.




                    Plastic bags will be charged for, at 25 cents.




                    That works, but it's clunky and shouldn't be used formally because it just sounds like you didn't think about it properly.



                    Try:




                    There will be a charge of 25 cents per plastic bag.

                    You will have to pay 25 cents for each plastic bag.




                    There are other options, of course. A bewildering array. It's not a good place for using the passive voice, though.






                    share|improve this answer













                    Paid can be an adjective, used in contrast to unpaid - for example, you might be looking for paid work.



                    However, your suggested sentence doesn't use paid correctly. Paid by is saying that 25 cents will pay the bag. No-one is paying the bags everything. It would also still be a verb, in passive voice.



                    The usage of charged in your second example is something you might hear in general usage. Properly, it is a verb, and it should be "will be charged for". No dictionary I've found admits an adjective use of charged in that sense. However, usage in some dialects drops the for so charged ends up looking like an adjective. It isn't. Charged is only an adjective in reference to electrical charge - and then other things by analogy to electrical charge.




                    Plastic bags will be charged for, at 25 cents.




                    That works, but it's clunky and shouldn't be used formally because it just sounds like you didn't think about it properly.



                    Try:




                    There will be a charge of 25 cents per plastic bag.

                    You will have to pay 25 cents for each plastic bag.




                    There are other options, of course. A bewildering array. It's not a good place for using the passive voice, though.







                    share|improve this answer












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                    • Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                      – language learner
                      10 hours ago











                    • Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                      – SamBC
                      10 hours ago






                    • 1





                      @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                      – alephzero
                      8 hours ago












                    • It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                      – Mixolydian
                      7 hours ago






                    • 1





                      I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                      – SamBC
                      7 hours ago

















                    • Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                      – language learner
                      10 hours ago











                    • Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                      – SamBC
                      10 hours ago






                    • 1





                      @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                      – alephzero
                      8 hours ago












                    • It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                      – Mixolydian
                      7 hours ago






                    • 1





                      I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                      – SamBC
                      7 hours ago
















                    Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                    – language learner
                    10 hours ago





                    Actually what i want to ask is that ; while downloading an app it says : for free for one month then for $5 per month. I wonder what the context is before “ for $5 per month”.

                    – language learner
                    10 hours ago













                    Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                    – SamBC
                    10 hours ago





                    Trying to work out what the elision is there is tough. You obviously know what they mean, but they have said it very well. I would say "Free to use for your first month, costs £5 per month thereafter".

                    – SamBC
                    10 hours ago




                    1




                    1





                    @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                    – alephzero
                    8 hours ago






                    @languagelearner The elision is something like "You can use the app for free for one month, then for $5 per month". "You can use it for free" is informal English, and the "for" just emphasizes the "free". It would be more formal to say "You can use it free for one month..." without the "for".

                    – alephzero
                    8 hours ago














                    It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                    – Mixolydian
                    7 hours ago





                    It is true that you can use paid as the opposite of free- but I think you can only use it for less tangible things- “paid software,” “paid app,” “paid service”. You cannot say “paid bag”.

                    – Mixolydian
                    7 hours ago




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                    I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                    – SamBC
                    7 hours ago





                    I didn't even think of it as an antonym for free, just for unpaid, which are used for different things. Yes, it can sometimes be an antonym for free, but not always. Tangible/intangible might be the deciding factor.

                    – SamBC
                    7 hours ago

















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