Is this sentence grammatically correct: "The mall is constructing".?
I know that we use "The mall is being constructed" in passive, but I want to know that can I write "The mall is constructing". Is this sentence grammatically correct?
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I know that we use "The mall is being constructed" in passive, but I want to know that can I write "The mall is constructing". Is this sentence grammatically correct?
Its grammatically correct in a technical sense, I suppose. However it is almost certainly not what you are trying to say.
The verb "constructing" means that the subject is doing the constructing. Malls themselves are buildings, and to my knowledge can't really be said to actively do much of anything on their own, other than perhaps sell stuff or quash the human spirit.
If you mean that some people (perhaps employed by the owners of the mall) are in the process of building it, the typical phrase to use would be "The mall is under construction".
The mall is "under-construction".
The meaning of the verb...construct is to build up, create, design, put together, or manufacture.
From what you have stated, it appears as if the subject, "the mall", is constructing itself.