I am not sure the expressing of "Six apples are worh five cents." is right or not.
I read a centence from the children's text book. "Six apples are worh five cents". It has two verbs in this centence.They are "are" and "worth".
Can't we just say" Six apples worth five cents"
Which kind of expressing is right?

Thanks in advance.

Question

I am not sure the expressing of "Six apples are worh five cents." is right or not.
 I read a centence from the children's text book.  "Six apples are worh five cents". It has two verbs in this centence.They are "are" and "worth".
Can't we just say" Six apples worth five cents"
Which kind of expressing is right?

Thanks in advance.

Answer

It will be right to say:"Six apples cost five cents"))))) The word "worth" is usually used when we say about value of something, for example:"This house is worth about $200000"...)))))

Answer

The word "worth" can be a noun, adjective or verb.  However, its use as a verb is archaic.

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'Worth' is not a verb. It's a preposition! Thus you can't say that something 'worths' something!

'be worth' = to have a value

'Worth' also can be a noun so you can say that something is 'five cents' worth'

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