hanuman_2000  +  576222 Tue, 14 Oct 08 01:13 PM Hello, 1. This building turned out to be as a school. What is the meaning of the "turned out to be" here? Thanks. hanuman_2000 Joined on Thu, Aug 12 2004 INDIA Contributing Member 1,644

	Madhulk  +  576227 Tue, 14 Oct 08 01:22 PM hanuman_2000 “This building turned out to be as a school.”   It appears this building is something like a school. Unless you missheard and the sentence is  This building turned out to be as a school. Then: It appears that this building is a school. Madhulk Joined on Mon, Dec 17 2007 Bulgaria Senior Member 3,177 THE MAN OF STEEL

	RayH  +  576320 Tue, 14 Oct 08 05:29 PM hanuman_2000 “ 1. This building turned out to be as a school. What is the meaning of the "turned out to be" here? ” Unless you took this from some really odd context "turned out to be as a school" isn't correct. You must have misquoted it, it should be "turned out to be a school." It means that, when the building was first noticed, there was some question as to what its purpose was, but on further investigation it was discovered to be a school. RayH Joined on Sat, Mar 22 2008 Contributing Member 1,555 Native speaker of U. S. English. Not a grammar expert.