Abandonment

[Philip E. Cleary]

> But seriously, why isn't ""There are amazing abandonments in America"
> simply OED "1. The action of relinquishing to another, of giving up,
> letting go, forsaking"?


Because the word is being used in a passive sense to mean the abandoned
building itself, not the act of abandoning the building.

 From another page on the site: "Baltimore, Maryland has a number of
interesting abandonments, but none so sizable and prominent as Fort
Carroll. "

http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/06/7-more-abandoned-wonders-of-america-from-military-islands-to-mental-institutions/



Phil Cleary

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