• Question: Why is a completed building still called a "building" since it's already built?

    Asked by weheartsciencexo to Emma, Jimmy, Janet, Niall, Simon on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      It’s just a double use of the word, one being the verb ‘to build’, and the other just being the noun.

    • Photo: James Holloway

      James Holloway answered on 18 Mar 2013:

      Ha! you’re right. it should be called a ‘built’.

      I’m going to start calling them ‘builts’ and see if it catches.

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