"Two ways that planters from the West Indies influenced houses in the French Quarter was to build ground floors out of stone and to add wine verandas or covered porches , on second stories""
i 'm wondering that whether the phrase "to build ground floors out of stone" means build the stone ground floors or build ground floors without any stone ?
i hope someone here can help me .Thanks in advance.
Top answer
I hope I understand your question. My house is made / built of wood / stone . My house is made / built out of wood / stone .
— Avangi
I hope I understand your question.
My house is made / built of wood / stone .
My house is made / built out of wood / stone .
These are identical in meaning.
The floor of my second story is made out of wood.
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i 'm I'm wondering that whether the phrase "to build ground floors out of stone" means build the stone ground floors or build ground floors without any stone ?
build the floors (on the lowest level of the house) using stone as the construction material