Is this forty?

[david11]

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? ?

 

[Raymott]

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.

 

[david11]

Not necessarily, in real life.

Is that grammatically correct?

 

[Raymott]

Is that grammatically correct?

Is what grammatically correct? My answer? No, not if you were expecting a complete sentence.

 

[david11]

Is what grammatically correct? My answer? No, not if you were expecting a complete sentence.

Not your answer .The sentence in original post.

 

[Raymott]

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.