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:
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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.)
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Easily Confused Words
