2007-03-12 05:59:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
in other words: why is constroy not a word?
2007-03-13 07:17:46 · update #1
So you would have something to do today.
2007-03-12 06:01:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jim R 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
constroy is not in the dictionary bcoz,constroy is not a word..construction is actually to construct..
2007-03-12 13:43:35 · answer #2 · answered by Mr.Dj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. Destruction is to destruct as construction is to construct.
2007-03-12 13:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's not that far off.
Destroy comes from old french, the word destruire and from there from latin: de (un) + struere to build.
Construct: construere in classical Latin is "to pile together"
The same root–"struere"–is behind "struct" and "stroy"
2007-03-12 14:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by maî 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Destruction is not destroy, it's to de-struct, as in de-construct.
2007-03-12 13:07:04 · answer #5 · answered by droolie_da_dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there's no such word as constroy.
the verb in this case is "to construct"
No one said English had to make sense
2007-03-12 13:01:23 · answer #6 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The word is construct, not constroy, there is no such word as constroy.
2007-03-12 22:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by dimple555 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think "constroy" exists. Construction comes from the latin "construere" which means to build, to manufacture.
2007-03-12 13:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
destruction is to destruct and so as construction is to construct
destroy is to break,demolish, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck
construct is to assemble, build, fabricate, fashion, forge, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, put together, shape.
2007-03-12 15:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by humantorch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So smart.
What about
Production is to prodoy
Suction is to sucoy
Function is to funcoy
Erection is to erectoyan
Election is to electoy
Demolition is to demolitoy
I want you to be English professor.
2007-03-12 14:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by curious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is a funny (though very flexible) language, with more exceptions than there are rules.
2007-03-12 13:03:29 · answer #11 · answered by Paul P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋