"In cash/by cash/pay cash" in my sentences

[Rachel Adams]

Hello.

Should it be "by cash" "in cash" or "pay cash"?
"I could use my credit card. I had to pay by cash/in cash/pay cash."
Or in another situation "ATMs are useful when you have to pay cash/by cash or in cash."

 

[Rachel Adams]

The simplest is simply 'pay cash'.

Did you forget a n't after could?

I did. So you never say "by cash" or "in cash". Is it unnatural or just wrong?

 

[Rover_KE]

They're all possible.

Piscean said 'the simplest'. He didn't say the others were wrong or unnatural.

 

[PeterCW]

In spoken English I would say "pay cash". In writing it would be a random choice between saying "pay in cash" and "pay by cash".

 

[emsr2d2]

I wouldn't use "pay by cash".

You can pay in cash.
You can pay by card.
You can pay on a card.
You can pay with a card.
You can pay by cheque.
You can pay with a cheque.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I wouldn't use "pay by cash".

You can pay in cash.
You can pay by card.
You can pay on a card.
You can pay with a card.
You can pay by cheque.
You can pay with a cheque.

Thank you for always giving detailed answers. :up:

 

[Tdol]

I wouldn't use "pay by cash".

I pay cash/pay in cash.

 

[emsr2d2]

I realised just now, on reading my list of possibilities back, that I missed "You can pay cash".

 

[Tdol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd4zwINEcLY

 

[Tarheel]

It's a bit odd that nobody has mentioned that you can pay with cash.