Is this forty?

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david11

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I saw one man asking Is this forty? for the rate of four chocolate.

Shouldn't it be
Are these forty dollars? or Do these cost forty dollars? ?
 
I saw one man asking Is this forty? for the [STRIKE]rate[/STRIKE] price of four [boxes of] chocolates.

Shouldn't it be
Are these forty dollars? or Do these cost forty dollars? ?
Not necessarily, in real life.
 
Is that grammatically correct?
Is what grammatically correct? My answer? No, not if you were expecting a complete sentence.
 
Is what grammatically correct? My answer? No, not if you were expecting a complete sentence.
Not your answer .The sentence in original post.
 
Not your answer .The sentence in original post.
"Is this forty?" is grammatical. It's a full sentence. It might be semantically ambiguous, but it's syntactically correct. In the context, it should be understandable though.
 
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