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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Directional terms

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00Please tell me how to write directional terms like 'southeastern part' in reference to cities.02br
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00I don't know many cities but let us say that Busan is in 01u00the most southeastern02u00 part of the Korean peninsula if it is in the southeastern part and is pretty much in the tip of that part?02br
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00Can I say New York is in the central-western part of the United States?02br
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00How about if a city in in the middle of China? Can I say it is in the central part of China? 0-
  

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0 Um, no New York is not in the "central-western" part of the US... It's in the Northeastern part. The US has regions, such as the Northeast, or the Southwest, or the Midwest etc.

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  • 0 Um, no New York is not in the "central-western" part of the US...
  • It's in the Northeastern part.
  • The US has regions, such as the Northeast, or the Southwest, or the Midwest etc.
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0 Um, no New York is not in the "central-western" part of the US... It's in the Northeastern part. The US has regions, such as the Northeast, or the Southwest, or the Midwest etc. Plain geographical terms are not generally used--and even if they were, "central-western" would not be correct.02br
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00And, you would say: Buson is in the southeastern most part, not: Buson i
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