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.

Jan lives x floors above the ground floor of a highrise building. Only one person lives between p and the one travelling to bangalore. 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. Raised floors are more resilient under foot and provide access for heating equipment insulation plumbing wiring and other mechanical equipment.

Though some floors are built on a concrete slab flat on the ground most floors are raised above the ground. Only three people live above the floor on which p lives. The naming of floors in a building. Basements are prohibited from being constructed in v zones and a zones un less the basement is elevated to or above the flood elevation or a basement exception has been granted.

If it takes jan the same amount of time to walk down the steps to the ground floor as to wait for the elevator for 7 minutes and ride down then x equals a 4 b 7 c 14 d 15 e 16. It takes her 30 seconds per floor to walk down the steps and 2 seconds per floor to ride the elevator. Each one of. It takes her 30 seconds per floor to walk down the steps and 2 seconds per floor to ride the elevator.

The south tower tower two would be struck at 9 03am. Delhi mumbai patna chennai kolkata bangalore and lucknow but not necessarily in the same order. If it takes jan the same amount of time to walk down the steps to the ground floor as to wait. 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.

A raised floor is constructed with a wooden framework that bridges from one exterior wall. 2 and so on until the topmost floor are numbered 7. In american english however the floor at street level is usually called the first floor. Ground floor is numbered 1 first floor is numbered.