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Old November 26th 15, 12:03 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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e27002 aurora wrote:

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.


The OED's oldest example of "build" as a noun (= "a building") is
attributed to 1387. It shows it as obsolete but changes in English
usage are often "back to the future"

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