Jan Lives X Floors Above The Ground

Let s take a look at a small but important difference in british and american english.

Jan lives x floors above the ground.

If it takes jan the same amount of time to walk down the steps to the ground floor as to wait. N the floor of a basement where basement means the floor is below grade on all sides will always be the lowest floor regardless of how the space is used. Though some floors are built on a concrete slab flat on the ground most floors are raised above the ground. Below the top of the masonry foundation wall and shall extend down to 3 inches above the top of the footing or concrete floor 3 inches above the interior ground surface or 24 inches below the outside finished ground level whichever is less.

Ground floor is numbered 1 first floor is numbered. Only three people live above the floor on which p lives. In american english however the floor at street level is usually called the first floor. Jan lives x floors above the ground floor of a high rise building.

It takes her 30 seconds per floor to walk down the steps and 2 seconds per floor to ride the elevator. Delhi mumbai patna chennai kolkata bangalore and lucknow but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of. It takes her 30 seconds per floor to walk down the steps and 2 seconds per floor to ride the elevator.

In british english the floor of a building at street level is called the ground floor the floor above it is the first floor and the floor below is called the basement. Only one person lives between p and the one travelling to bangalore. A raised floor is constructed with a wooden framework that bridges from one exterior wall. Raised floors are more resilient under foot and provide access for heating equipment insulation plumbing wiring and other mechanical equipment.

Of the 2 606 people who died in the attacks on the world trade center more than half at least 1 356 1 were in the north tower tower one at or above the point of impact of american airlines flight 11 which slammed into the building at 8 46am. The south tower tower two would be struck at 9 03am. Jan lives x floors above the ground floor of a highrise building. The naming of floors in a building.