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Wanting Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

The difference between constructions and buildings

Hey guys!I have a problem about the difference between the construction and the building.Can someone help me?Thanks!!
  

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You can talk about all kinds of constructions: In grammar, there's "a grammatical construction", a pattern in grammar. In mathematics, there's "a geometric construction", a shape like a rectangle or triangle, for example. You can't call those things buildings.

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  • You can talk about all kinds of constructions: In grammar, there's "a grammatical construction", a pattern in grammar.
  • In mathematics, there's "a geometric construction", a shape like a rectangle or triangle, for example.
  • You can't call those things buildings.
  • And generally speaking we don't call a building (like an apartment block, a city hall, a bank, a house, or a skyscraper) a construction.
  • These are typically called "buildings".
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You can talk about all kinds of constructions:

In grammar, there's "a grammatical construction", a pattern in grammar.
In mathematics, there's "a geometric construction", a shape like a rectangle or triangle, for example.

You can't call those things buildings.

And generally speaking we don't call a building (like an apartment block, a city hall, a bank, a house, or a

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