2007-03-24 16:36:21 · 4 answers · asked by nami-chan 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
'Building' is both a noun and a verb. When it is a noun, it means something that has been manufactured or constructed, and when verb, it means something to make or act upon. (There are many such words which are used either as a noun or verb or even as adjective/adverb, depending on the context.)
Looking at it this way, a building (noun) is something that someone has constructed by building it (verb).
2007-03-24 17:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a very stanger question! Ask the oldest person u know! MayB that will help? But of course there is the web!
2007-03-24 23:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by :kjelseth: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a good one. Same reason they call them apart-ments when the are all together.
And have you ever been gruntled? People talk about being diusgruntled, so do you have to start out gruntled?
2007-03-24 23:42:01 · answer #3 · answered by Dr.Cyclops 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think "built" came after the word "building". a lot of nouns are present-form verbs. eg: "shooting"
2007-03-25 00:20:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sally 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋