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23 Nov 2020
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English (US)
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What is the difference between I like your jacket. Is it expensive? and I like your jacket. Was it expensive? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I like your jacket. Is it expensive? and I like your jacket. Was it expensive? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"Is it expensive?" = Is the value of the jacket currently high (in the shops)?
"Was it expensive?" = Did it cost you alot to buy the jacket?
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the first sentence is in present tense and the second sentence has'was' and is past tense.
There is not a major difference or a thing to specify actually.
Both sentences want to imply that you wanted to know if the jacket was expensive.
Both the sentences are correct.
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