• Question: Why is it called a building if it's already built ?

    Asked by anon-199475 to Sylvia, Sumit, Martin, Kate, Aryanne on 9 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Martin McCoustra

      Martin McCoustra answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      That’s the English language for you… even as a scientist you have to be aware of English as it is currently the core language of science.

    • Photo: Sumit Konar

      Sumit Konar answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      ha ha ha.. very good question. my 1st language is not English; so I do not know the answer honestly.

    • Photo: Kate McGonagle

      Kate McGonagle answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      Haha! Funny question, I’ve never thought about that one before…but there are loads of daft anomalies in the English language that apparently make it really hard to learn. Like why does child become children and not childs!? Come on people (persons!?), sort it out.

    • Photo: Sylvia Soldatou

      Sylvia Soldatou answered on 13 Mar 2019:


      That’s something I’ve never thought before but I’m afraid I don’t have an answer for you! I guess it based on “weird” rules of grammar?

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