Lcchang  +  281545 Mon, 16 Oct 06 09:35 AM Do we say a 3-floor or 3-story building? Do we say this mension has three floors or three stories? Do we say I live on the third floor or the third story? Please advise. LC Lcchang Joined on Mon, Feb 27 2006 Northern Taiwan Contributing Member 1,078 Life will never end.

	Philip  +  281669 Mon, 16 Oct 06 03:06 PM  Lcchang wrote: Do we say a 3-floor or 3-story building? Do we say this mansion has three floors or three stories? Do we say I live on the third floor or the third story? Please advise. LC In this case, "story" and "floor" are used interchangeably in the States. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	J Lewis  +  281779 Mon, 16 Oct 06 06:05 PM In BrE we spell it storey, pl. storeys, in this sense. When describing the structure of a building, we too use floor and storey indifferently, but I don't think we say I live on the third storey. J Lewis Joined on Tue, Sep 5 2006 Italy Regular Member 518

	Philip  +  281927 Tue, 17 Oct 06 02:51 AM  J Lewis wrote: but I don't think we say I live on the third storey. I would agree. Philip