What is the word for the building where the stairs are located stairwell or staircase or stairway?
Is that in the image stairwell or staircase or stairway?
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A stairwell is a shaft that contains, or has been built to contain, a staircase. The image shows a staircase and its bannister, but part of the stairwell is visible as well (the tiled wall).
No, the sentence has some errors. A corrected version of this sentence:
I am going upstairs to the 10th floor of the building.
'Upstairs' is an adverb that means "on or to an upper floor of a building."
Note that you need the definite article "the" before "10th" in order for this sentence to sound right.
I am going up the stairs to the 10th floor of the building is also acceptable, but it has a slightly different flavour: the use of the definite article "the" before "stairs" draws more attention to the act of taking the stairs, perhaps to emphasize the choice not to take the elevator.
Best Answer
A stairwell is a shaft that contains, or has been built to contain, a staircase. The image shows a staircase and its bannister, but part of the stairwell is visible as well (the tiled wall).