American and British version of storey/story

[Sam165]

Hello everyone

Is it true that storey is British and story is the american form? I checked my dictionary but there wasn't such thing, I saw this difference on a site, so I'm confused

And one more thing

3 storeys building is correct or 3 storey building?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello, everyone.

Is it true that "storey" is British English and "story" is the American English form? I checked my dictionary but there was [STRIKE]n't[/STRIKE] no such thing. I saw this difference on a site no comma here so I'm confused.

[STRIKE]And one more thing[/STRIKE] I have another question.

Is "3 storeys building" [STRIKE]is correct[/STRIKE] or "3 storey building" correct?

I can confirm that BrE uses "storey" to talk about the levels of a building. I am pretty certain that AmE speakers on this forum have told us that they use "story" for that meaning.
Neither of your two options at the end is correct. Use "three-storey building". We write numbers under 20 out in full. You need the hyphen to create a compound.

 

[GoesStation]

We don't use the spelling "storey" in any context in American English.

 

[Rover_KE]

... and the respective plurals are 'storeys' and 'stories'.

I checked my dictionary but there was [STRIKE]n't[/STRIKE] no such thing.

Some of the dictionaries here mention the BE and AE difference.

(Everybody should bookmark the OneLook website for free access to dozens of online dictionaries,)

 

[SoothingDave]

We also don't agree on what the "first floor" is.

 

[Tdol]

I would say a three-storey building. (BrE)