one storey/storeyed house

[Tan Elaine]

My dictionary defines a bungalow as follows:

A bungalow is a one-storeyed house.

Would it be wrong is I change it to 'one-storey house? Why should -ed be added in the definition?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

My dictionary defines a bungalow as follows:

A bungalow is a one-storeyed house.

Would it be wrong is I change it to 'one-storey house? Why should -ed be added in the definition?

Thanks.

I'd call it a "single storey house".

 

[Tdol]

I would not use storeyed. I would use one/two-storey house, though I would use Bhaisahab's suggestion too.

 

[riquecohen]

I would use story.

 

[bhaisahab]

I would use story.

"This house has only one story, and after living in it for 25 years I'm getting tired of hearing it.";-)

 

[Tan Elaine]

I would use story.

Isn't 'story' American English?

 

[freezeframe]

Isn't 'story' American English?

No. Americans say "floor", not "storey".

This building has one floor.

But you cannot say "one floored building". Well, you could, but you shouldn't. :-D

EDIT: never mind. You wrote "story" not "storey". Yes, Americans say story, but floor is more common, at least in my experience.

 

[Tan Elaine]

No. Americans say "floor", not "storey".

This building has one floor.

But you cannot say "one floored building". Well, you could, but you shouldn't. :-D

EDIT: never mind. You wrote "story" not "storey". Yes, Americans say story, but floor is more common, at least in my experience.

No, I wrote 'storey".

 

[freezeframe]

It seems to me that, at least in the western part of the US, one would use the word story when referring to a home and the word floor when referring to a commercial building. I would say that the office is on the second floor and my bedroom is on the second story.

Interesting. I wouldn't say story in either case.

 

[Barb_D]

I'd say "single-story house."

 

[SoothingDave]

It's not unusual in my experience to speak of a 5 story building, etc.

Interestingly enough, my home is 1.5 stories.