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    why we call a building as building after it was built

    building means to built but why we call a built building as a building

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    I guess most of us call a complete building by name, an office, a house, a shop etc etc but when I'm not sure what a buildings purpose is I also refer to it as a building, for example we have a building locally that has changed hands many times, I refer to that as the building on....street

    That's a really great question!  I suppose it should be called something like lambshank has answered.  We could also simply call it a "structure".  ????

    Because it a building, and not a mud house!



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