2007-03-24 07:01:22 · 5 answers · asked by lioness 1 in Environment
That is called a sophism found within tropes of the English language. Why are they called apartments when they're all stuck together? The tallest girl in class was shorter than all the rest. If nothing sticks to Teflon how do they get it to stick to the pan? If SuperGlue sticks to anything how do they get it out of the tube? and so on and so forth. There are all sorts of humorous 'word play' capable within tropes, and the comedians: George Carlin and Steve Wright have made careers of various tropes and clever usage of the English language.
2007-03-24 07:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Buildings need some kind of support like walls, but that doesn't necessarily answer your question, but there are various ways of looking at it and most of them won't be the answer your looking for. Most of the times these buildings need floors and walls to stay up otherwise they would fall and collapse with no support or beams between each floor.
2007-03-24 07:10:25 · answer #2 · answered by Roxas of Organization 13 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buildings ,grammatically means ongoing so it is Present Progressive, because they already exist.i.e The building is still standing,it was named so originally as this and still is now.
2007-03-24 08:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Building is noun made from verb build
2007-03-24 07:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by Manz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Same reason as a painting is already painted, or a drawing is already drawn. That is how English works.
2007-03-24 07:05:11 · answer #5 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋