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This article could be turned into (or work alongside) one that looks at unfinished construction in general, including boats and planes that were started but never completed. violet/riga (t) 14:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
My understanding is that unfinished houses are quite common in Mexico, as the tax code provides for a lower tax rate for unfinished homes - when new concrete block homes are built, they leave rebar sticking out of the roof so as to plausibly claim that the building will support another floor, pending additional funds. Might be worthy of research. See: [1] for example.-- Kharker 03:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Referring to the Cathedral of Saint John, the introductory phrase to the second category clearly states that a building is in either one or the other of those to categories, but not both. For something to be in both categories, at least change that phrase.
this house was finished Serialjoepsycho ( talk) 07:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
The question is whether the word "perennially", in the following sentence, is necessary/useful:
Here's the definition of perenially: "lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring"
There is nothing about the church construction that has lasts for a "infinite" time. Nor is the fact that it is unfinished make its situation "continually recurring" - it's not as if anyone says "Today is October 2nd; nope, it's still not done - put up another chalk mark."
My second objection to including the word "perennially" is that it adds zero information to the sentence. The sentence makes it clear that the building has been under construction for more than 130 years. Some readers may conclude that (despite the definition above) that this is a "perennial" project, and others (myself included) may conclude that the word doesn't fit, but regardless, the word itself conveys no information that isn't already in the sentence. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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This article could be turned into (or work alongside) one that looks at unfinished construction in general, including boats and planes that were started but never completed. violet/riga (t) 14:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
My understanding is that unfinished houses are quite common in Mexico, as the tax code provides for a lower tax rate for unfinished homes - when new concrete block homes are built, they leave rebar sticking out of the roof so as to plausibly claim that the building will support another floor, pending additional funds. Might be worthy of research. See: [1] for example.-- Kharker 03:36, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Referring to the Cathedral of Saint John, the introductory phrase to the second category clearly states that a building is in either one or the other of those to categories, but not both. For something to be in both categories, at least change that phrase.
this house was finished Serialjoepsycho ( talk) 07:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
The question is whether the word "perennially", in the following sentence, is necessary/useful:
Here's the definition of perenially: "lasting or existing for a long or apparently infinite time; enduring or continually recurring"
There is nothing about the church construction that has lasts for a "infinite" time. Nor is the fact that it is unfinished make its situation "continually recurring" - it's not as if anyone says "Today is October 2nd; nope, it's still not done - put up another chalk mark."
My second objection to including the word "perennially" is that it adds zero information to the sentence. The sentence makes it clear that the building has been under construction for more than 130 years. Some readers may conclude that (despite the definition above) that this is a "perennial" project, and others (myself included) may conclude that the word doesn't fit, but regardless, the word itself conveys no information that isn't already in the sentence. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 16:32, 2 October 2019 (UTC)