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[โ€“] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.