How do you build a building?

Posted by Smokey Stover on September 24, 2004

In Reply to: How do you build a building? posted by Lotg on September 24, 2004

: Does anyone know how a verb such as 'building' managed to evolve into being a noun? I'm also trying to think of other examples that would fit into this category.

: This question has been prompted from hearing a comedian on a local radio station ask "why do they call something you have already built, a building?" Seemed like a fair question to me.

To answer a question with a question, "What is an erection? Something that has been erected?"

• How do you build a building? Acme 24/September/04
  • Construction of a construction Lotg 25/September/04