Greetings Holger!   
      
    HG> In a message dated 09-09-14, Roy Witt said to Tom Walker:   
      
    HG> Hi Roy,   
      
    RW>> Your post in reply to his tagline question does nothing to explain   
    RW>> 'why' stairs and steps are called what they are. Perhaps a breath of   
    RW>> fresh air, taken just a few steps up the flight of stairs to the   
    RW>> highest balcony over looking the huge valley of explanations will   
    RW>> give you a clue.   
      
    HG> That comment was totally unnecessary.   
      
   So was Tom's reply to the question;   
      
    EV>> ... Why are they called stairs inside, but steps outside?   
      
    TW> Answer to your Tag Line   
      
    TW> Steps are simple constructions to climb up and down, usually for   
    TW> entering something on a platform and less in number.   
      
    TW> Stairs are usually used to connect different floors in a building   
    TW> and are more in number.   
      
   Please provide an explanation of what was relevant to the question or   
   Amateur Radio. It was a comment that was way off topic here. Do so per the   
   HAM echo rule - Section 3, paragraph 2 ... which refers you to Section 9.   
      
    HG> Somebody that is not so fluent in english may even learn something   
    HG> from Tom's explanation. Think of that OM.   
      
   Frankly, if one is interested in English education as a subject, the place   
   to learn it is in ENGLISH_TUTOR, where such text can be copied to and   
   discussed in a medium whose structure is English education.   
      
      
       Have a day!   
      
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