In building is common when talking about location inside a structure. Of building is usually part of a longer phrase such as the cost of building a house.
Use in building to mean inside a structure or during the activity of constructing something in some contexts. Of building is not usually used directly before the noun building alone, but it appears naturally in phrases like process of building or cost of building.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use in building or in the building to talk about being inside a structure.
The building of something means the process of constructing or developing it.
Of building commonly follows another noun to describe an activity or process.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Of building does not normally mean inside a building.
✕ She waited of building. ✓ She waited in the building.Use the building when both speakers know which building you mean.
✕ He is in building near the station. ✓ He is in the building near the station.Building can mean a structure or the act of construction. The preposition changes with the meaning.
✕ The in building of the road continued all year. ✓ The building of the road continued all year.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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It is correct for location inside a structure. In building can also appear in technical phrases such as skills used in building houses.
Yes, but usually after another noun, such as cost of building a house or process of building a house.
It refers to the act or process of constructing or creating something.
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