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Tanit Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

East Europe vs Eastern Europe

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00I wrote 01span00"I didn't know they originally came from India, because they generally come here 02span01span00from01b00 East Europe02b02span01span00"02span00 in 05100.02br
00Q1 Should I have written "Eastern"? 02br
00Q2 Is there any difference in usage between "East Europe" and "Eastern Europe"?02br
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00Many thanks!02br
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00PS: please don't give me the number of Google hits 05000 Here they are:02br
00"05200" 320,00002br
00"05300" 26,40002br
00(search restricted to British websites only)010id5261hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/Gypsy/gdrmk/post.htmcanother post242hrefhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enIT228IT228&q=%22eastern+europe%22+site%3A*.uk&btnG=SearchcEastern Europe243hrefhttp://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1B2GGFB_enIT228IT228&q=%22east+europe%22+site%3A*.uk&btnG=SearchcEast Europe
  

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0Hi,02br
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00Both are OK and there is no real difference, but 'Eastern' is more common, as you can see.02br
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00Clive0-
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0 Wow, that was really fast!02br
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00Thanks, Clive. 050010id1
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0Hi Tanit, Shouldn't it be "That was quick"? I'm not certain though.0-
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0Both "fast" and "quick" are just fine. So is "Wow! That was speedy!"0-
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0I know we have discussed this topic before. I was told if the focus is the duration instead of speed, quick is better than fast. It's possible that Clive typed up the reply at a fast speed, and therefore the reply showed up shortly after the question was posted. However, Clive might not have seen the post when it was posted. He might have been away and in that case, fast could still have been c
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0I think you are over-thinking this and making distinctions a native speaker doesn't make.02br
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00If the question sat there for three days, and then someone typed a response at 80 words per minute, you would still not say it was a fast response. 0-
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0What if you were standing next to the guy and were impressed by his typing speed? I would say it was a fast but not quick response. Possible?0-
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0Yes, in that case, I'd say "Wow, you sure are a fast typist!" (But I'd also say "You type so quickly!" as well as "You type so fast!")0-
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0To this day, I'm still incapable of telling them apart in most cases. sigh0-
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0Don't try so hard. You're looking for differences that we don't bother looking for.0-
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