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why is a building called a building
why is a building called a building if its already built your not BUILDING it anymore… im gunna call them builts from now on!
lol I never thought about that, but I agree with you. they should be called that.
I figured lol tower interseting!
yeah
No, t’s not stupid at all. The noun ‘building’ does not come from the present participle form of the verb ‘to build/he is building’ .
-ing is a regular ending itself (like -er, -ship, -ness and others). It is added to verb stems to make nouns in English (it is related to the German ending -ung).
That’s why there are many nouns that end in -ing without meaning that the action is still going on: a railway siding, piping, a painting, a meaning…
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