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Why is a building called a building if it's already been built?

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It isĀ called a Building: Because the suffix 'ing' is added to verbs to make noun forms. For instance a celebrity's following. Following describes the people who follow them in a noun form.BuildingĀ is a noun form of a thing that exists as the result of the act of those who built it.
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