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I say it is called a building after it is built because you'd have to BUILD the tall structure in order to call it a building

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actually in standard English tenses does not apply on nouns, like toy cannot be toyed or toying
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actually, in standard English tenses does not apply on nouns, like toy cannot be toyed or toying tenses can be applied to verbs only like run, runnind, ran
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its not a complete answer but the building is concidered erected when done being built and is being erected when in the process

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The reason you call it a building is because it was built as you would call something that was carved a carving or something that was painted a painting.

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Because that's its name. There are multiple uses of the word "building". Some are as a verb, which the question seems to imply; some are as a noun, which the question seems to ignore.

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The reason you call it a building is because it was built as you would call something that was carved a carving or something that was painted a painting.

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in standard English tenses does not apply on nouns, like toy cannot be toyed or toying tenses can be applied to verbs only like run, running, ran

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=because build is a verb

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