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How do you describe the address in English ? Sometime I can see "Tower A " / "Block A" /" Building A" in some address ,Is there any difference ? which one was most commonly used ? any difference between American and British English ? Thank you

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Tower is a large building which has usually many floors and nowadays elevators. A building is an structure that has usually only several floors or only one (Notice however that a tower is a type of building). A block is a section in a complex/company/factory/university/etc that contains several buildings, structures (i.e. anthenas), open spaces, etc.
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There is no substantive difference between the terms. There is also no difference in those terms between American or British English. A large 20-storey building could be called Tower A, Block A or just Building A. Similarly, a relatively small 4-storey building even could be called Tower A, Block A, or Building A. It is purely up to the organisation/individual who owns or manages the buildings to name them either tower, block, or building. At the end of the day, they all simply refer to a specific building in a given area. Happy learning!

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