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storey and story - the difference




Story means 'narrative'.  Story also means 'level of a building' in the US.  However, in the UK, 'level of a building' is written 'storey'.
 


Story and Storey

In American English, the noun 'story' means 'narrative' or 'level of a building'.  However, in British English, 'level of a building' is written 'storey'.

The plural of story is stories.  The plural of storey is storeys.

Examples:

Did you hear the story about bungee jumper who died because he miscalculated the height of the each storey before diving off a building? 
(storey: )
(storey: In the US, there is no such word as storey.)

Beowulf is an epic traditional good-versus-evil story.  Beowulf battles three monsters throughout the story.

With 160 storeys, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest building in the world.
(storeys: )
(storeys: would be written '101 stories')
 
Select the correct version:



 
FIRST FLOOR OR GROUND FLOOR?

Americans call the ground-level floor of a building the 'first floor', but the British call it the 'ground floor'.  (The star on the lift buttons below indicates the ground-level floor.)



See also:

What are nouns?
List of easily confused words

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