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Flora Tang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

laying tiles/paving tiles

Which one is better?

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'Laying tiles' is the action of putting them on the floor or the wall. You wouldn't use it as a noun. It would be incorrect to say, 'I like the colour of these laying tiles' but correct to say, 'I am laying tiles'.

  • 'Laying tiles' is the action of putting them on the floor or the wall.
  • You wouldn't use it as a noun.
  • It would be incorrect to say, 'I like the colour of these laying tiles' but correct to say, 'I am laying tiles'.
  • 'Paving tiles' are the type of tiles used on outdoor floor surfaces usually used as paths or walkways.
  • So we can say, 'they are paving the road' or 'these paving tiles are heavy'.
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'Laying tiles' is the action of putting them on the floor or the wall. You wouldn't use it as a noun. It would be incorrect to say, 'I like the colour of these laying tiles' but correct to say, 'I am laying tiles'.

'Paving tiles' are the type of tiles used on outdoor floor surfaces usually used as paths or walkways. It can be used as a verb but not directly before the word 'tile'.So we c
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Which one is better?

It depends how you are using these words in a sentence. You can even use laying paving tiles.
laying is what you are doing with the tiles. paving describes what kind of tile you are using.

Tomorrow we are going to be laying tiles to improve the appearance of our patio.
We are going to use paving tiles for

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