The price is expensive (1)

Posted by Pak Guru on March 8th, 2016 | 0 comments | collocation, economics, harga, harganya mahal, IELTS, Indo English, speaking, vocabulary, writing

Because of the recent increase in fuel prices, the price of food is more expensive than before.

 This is obviously a direct translation of harganya lebih mahal!
This is really a collocation problem. The IELTS examiner will understand what you mean, but you will not receive a good score for vocabulary. A product or service can be expensive, but the price of the product or service is either high or low.
More correct collocation is as follows:

• Because of the recent increase in fuel prices, the price of food is higher than before.
• Because of the recent increase in fuel prices, food is more expensive than before.

Meanwhile here’s a song illustrating some common collocations when talking about money.

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