November 26th 15, 11:13 AM
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:38:02 +0000
e27002 aurora wrote:
On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 11:28:52 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:
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.
I see your point, but English changes as the years go by. And compared to some
of the ugly words and constructs added to the language recently this IMO is
fairly innocuous.
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