Re: "How much does that set you back?"
- From: "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:38:46 GMT
Lothar wrote on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:20:41 -0700:
LF> "How much does that set you back?" in the meaning
LF> of "How much does that cost?" - I think I read it
LF> in a classic novel. Is that current English? Obsolete?
LF> Wrong?
LF> TIA!
I don't remember recently reading the question in current fiction but I am pretty sure I have heard it said in the last few weeks.
James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland
E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not
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