It is $30,000 or It costs $30,000

[love-you-mom]

Is the question and it's answer are right ?

Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It is $30,000 .


or


Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It costs $30,000 .



or both are right in such case.
Is there any difference in the meaninig between the two answers?

 

[bhaisahab]

Is the question and it's answer are right ?

Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It is $30,000 .


or


Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It costs $30,000 .



or both are right in such case.
Is there any difference in the meaninig between the two answers?

The first one is natural English. No native English speaker would use the second.

 

[love-you-mom]

The first one is natural English. No native English speaker would use the second.

Thank you very much.

 

[Barb_D]

I have to disagree.
I'd like to get the Lexus, but it costs $60,000. I guess I'll get the Ford Festiva instead. It costs a lot less.

Why would no native speaker say "It costs $30,000"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I think the problem is with the answer not matching the question in the second example. There is clearly nothing actually wrong with "It costs $30,000".

- How much is this car?
- It's £30,000.

- How much does this car cost?
- It costs £30,000.

- How much was your car [when you bought it]?
- It was £6,000.

- How much did your car cost [when you bought it]?
- It cost £6,000.

 

[Raymott]

Q/ How much is this car?

A/ For you, $29,995.

 

[Rover_KE]

To me, the most natural answer to all those questions is

'$30,000'.

 

[love-you-mom]

I think the problem is with the answer not matching the question in the second example. There is clearly nothing actually wrong with "It costs $30,000".

- How much is this car?
- It's £30,000.

- How much does this car cost?
- It costs £30,000.

- How much was your car [when you bought it]?
- It was £6,000.

- How much did your car cost [when you bought it]?
- It cost £6,000.

My regards and thanks to all but I tend to or feel comfort with this answer.

 

[emsr2d2]

My regards and thanks to all but I tend to or feel comfort with this answer.

Don't just consider one answer though. Apart from the fact that none of us could work out why bhaisahab said that "It costs $30,000" would never be used by a native English speaker, we have all given you roughly the same answer. In fact, Rover's last point was entirely appropriate. Except in an exam situation, you wouldn't need to bother with the rest of the sentence.

- How much is this car?
- £30,000.

- How much does this car cost?
- £30,000.

 

[bhaisahab]

Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It costs $30,000 .


It seems I should clarify my answer. I meant; in response to the question "How much is this car?", this native speaker would certainly not say "It costs £30,000". I would be surprised if any native speaker would say that in response to the question "How much is this car?"

 

[emsr2d2]

Q/ How much is this car?

A/ It costs $30,000 .


It seems I should clarify my answer. I meant, in response to the question "How much is this car?", this native speaker would certainly not say "It costs £30,000". I would be surprised if any native speaker would say that in response to the question "How much is this car?"

Ah, yes, that makes much more sense. That is what I suspected when I wrote my response in post #5.