And the expression getting in on the ground floor means joining a venture at an early advantageous time.
Floor ground difference.
Let s take a look at a small but important difference in british and american english.
As verbs the difference between floor and ground is that floor is to cover or furnish with a floor while ground is.
The term ground doesn t need to be qualified there is no such thing as a second ground whereas any building can have one or more floors or storeys.
This is my theory.
If i find out anything more i ll put it on the blog so stay tuned.
The naming of floors in a building.
The american convention is that the floor inside a building which is on the ground is called the first floor and the floor above that is called the second floor and so forth.
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.
In american english however the floor at street level is usually called the first floor.
I too find it jarring to hear the words floor and ground used interchangeably.
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Not only do they refer to the floor as the ground but they call the ground the floor.
But many people do this.
As nouns the difference between floor and ground is that floor is the bottom or lower part of any room.
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Normally the floor is what you walk on inside a building and the ground is what you walk on outside.
The phrase ground floor of course refers to the floor of a building closest to the ground.