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Old November 26th 15, 10:38 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default London's Great Northern Hotel
On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:28:52 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 10:11:33 +0000
e27002 aurora wrote:
On Tue, 24 Nov 2015 13:20:36 +0000, Neil Williams
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On 2015-11-24 08:39:34 +0000, Graeme Wall said:

Not a viable solution, the logistics of making such a change would make
it a practical impossibility.

I understand that new builds *are* moving that way. It's conversion of
existing installations that is infeasible.


Now there is an English construct that grinds with me. This British
utilization of "build" as in "the build". What is wrong with "new
construction *is* moving that way"?

Whats wrong with "new builds are" other than you don't like it?

Hard to put one's finger on it. It is using the verb "build" as a
noun in an untraditional way. Building is the noun derived from to
build.

"New buildings are" would be OK.
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