Timeline for Selling or sold?
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| Aug 11, 2018 at 19:37 | comment | added | fixer1234 | In common usage, "sold for" would typically be applied to something for which there is more than a single unit of the item for sale. It refers to the usual selling price of the item. It isn't typically used when referring to a one-off item offered for sale. | |
| Aug 11, 2018 at 10:22 | comment | added | James K | I would say that the "gadget" is the particular item. The past participle indicates the price that it "is sold" for (whether or not it "has sold" at that price) | |
| Aug 11, 2018 at 9:35 | comment | added | Apollyon | That demerit wasn't from me, by the way. | |
| Aug 11, 2018 at 7:21 | comment | added | Apollyon | But in the context of the sentences, there is no particular item that has been sold. Cold sold still be used? | |
| Aug 11, 2018 at 7:20 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |