Notes on usage: Floor

Ground - Land - Earth

 

These are all words for the surface that you walk on.

 

Floor the surface of a room that you walk on: She was sitting on the floor watching TV.
Ground (often the ground) the solid surface of the earth that you walk on: I found her lying on the ground. | The rocket crashed a few seconds after it left the ground.
Land the surface of the earth that is not sea: It was good to be back on dry land again. | They fought both at sea and on land.
Earth (often the earth) the solid surface of the world that is made of rock, soil, sand, etc.: You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.

 

GROUND, LAND OR EARTH?
Ground is the normal word for the solid surface that you walk on when you are not in a building or vehicle. You can use earth if you want to draw attention to the rock, soil etc. that the ground is made of. Land is only used when you want to contrast it with the sea: The land beneath our feet. | Feel the land shake. | Sight ground/earth. | Travel by ground/earth.

 

PATTERNS
*on/under the floor/ground/earth
*bare floor/ground/earth
*to drop/fall to the floor/the ground/(the) earth
*to reach the floor/the ground/land

 

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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

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Notes on usage: Floor

 

BrE = British English | NAmE = North American English

 

In BrE the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor, the one above is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor in a public building.

In NAmE the floor at street level is usually called the first floor, the one above it is the second floor and the one below is the basement. In public buildings the floor at street level can also be called the ground floor.

 

 

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Top Tips Abz Ingles - Notes on usage - British/American
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See also:

Common Phrasal Verbs	Irregular Verbs List
Common Sentences Errors	Frequently confused words
Common Clichés	Thematic list of Idioms
Common misspellings	Phrasal Verbs Particles list
Common Preposition	Lista de Términos Gramaticales

No te olvides de compartir esto con tus amigos y compañeros, hagamos de este blog una comunidad de difusión del Inglés como segundo idioma. Antes de irte deja tu comentario y haz clic en Me Gusta.