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Hly2004

#244254 Mon, 10 Jul 06 03:21 PM

A southeast asian country

A southeastern asian country?

What's the difference between "southeast" and "southeastern", and "east" and "eastern", etc?

Hly2004

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Mister Micawber

#244268 Mon, 10 Jul 06 03:50 PM

Southeast Asia is the name of a geographical area.
southeastern Asia specifies a segment of Asia.

Sometimes East is a part of a name, and sometimes east isn't.
Sometimes Eastern is a part of a name, and sometimes eastern isn't.

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Notwen

#244299 Mon, 10 Jul 06 05:21 PM

Hello Mister Micawber,

Mister Micawber wrote:

Southeast Asia is the name of a geographical area.
southeastern Asia specifies a segment of Asia.

Sometimes East is a part of a name, and sometimes east isn't.
Sometimes Eastern is a part of a name, and sometimes eastern isn't.

Did you intentionnally omit those three capitals ?
Sorry, I still have doubts on the rules of capitalization.

Regards,
Jerome

Notwen

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Non-native speaker. Please correct me if you see any mistake in my messages. Thank you in advance.

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Mister Micawber

#244424 Tue, 11 Jul 06 12:47 AM

Yes I did. Capitalize proper names, i.e. the name of a region; do not capitalize words that simply indicate a geographical part of a region: East Anglia; the eastern United States.

Mister Micawber

Notwen

#244548 Tue, 11 Jul 06 09:50 AM

Thank you !

Then, if I've understood you well, we can answer to Hly2004 that :

A Southeast Asian country

and

A southeastern Asian country

are both correct. Isn't it ?

Notwen

Hly2004

#245232 Thu, 13 Jul 06 12:21 PM

Thank you all!! Smile [:)]

Hly2004