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No it isn’t. I went to the Gas Store and bought one Gas and they asked me for a $70 bill. He even gave me my change: One $Change.
I think that the commenter is referring to the grammar. It should read "it costs," not "it cost." It makes it seem like they are referring to a very specific previous drive, but that context isn't provided here
It cost 70 dollars to drive it to and from work is how I took it.
They are dropping the implied context which is rather normal in regular speech but weird for themis comic
Yes, but even then you should be referring to a single instance of driving to and from work. If you're speaking generally, you would still use "costs" because that implies an ongoing situation.
"On Thursday, it cost $70 to drive to work" would be appropriate.