Please begin sentences with a capital letter."price" is never cheap. [STRIKE]p[/STRIKE] Products are cheap. [STRIKE]y[/STRIKE] You could say
the price is economical We would not normally say that
or
this product is cheap
[STRIKE]c[/STRIKE] 'Cheap' is a derogatory term, not normally in the context we are discussing use it with caution:
the fellow is really cheap.
implies, the fellow is a freak, uncivilized, or lacking manners. No it doesn't. See definitiions 3 and 4 here.
We can, but we don't normally. We prefer to say that the product is very cheap, or the price is very low.
I didn't say it couldn't be. I said, "We prefer to say that the product is very cheap, or the price is very low". There are 20 citations for 'cheap price(s)' in the BNC, and 195 for 'low price(s)', which confirms what I said.I also have same thought but according to Oxford Collocations Dictionary, it says "cheap" can be an adjective for "price".
I didn't say it couldn't be. I said, "We prefer to say that the product is very cheap, or the price is very low". There are 20 citations for 'cheap price(s)' in the BNC, and 195 for 'low price(s)', which confirms what I said.
If you hover your cursor over the letters, you will see.By the way, I'd like to know what BNC is?
price is economical
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