Cost or costs?
He had managed ti sell a company in a collapsing industry for substatially more than it cost(s).
I should use the last word as cost or costs,why?
Thanks.
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Cost. Because
1) you already paid for it before you could sell it
2) costs doesn't sound natural in this context
If you use "costs", you're saying that you sold it for more than its worth at time of sale, meaning you ripped off the buyer
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He managed to ....more than it cost. (past tense in both cases to be consistent)
He wants to sell it for more than it costs. (both present in this case)
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