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Nokia Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

how to use "the"

"A railway line runs through the entire town from the northwest to the southeast."

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"A railway line runs through the entire town fromnorthwest tosoutheast."

1. Is it necessary to use "the"?
2. Is it grammatically correct if I capitalize Northwest and Southeast?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

I would consider the to be optional here. There is no need to capitalize north-west and south-east , unless these are names of districts rather than directions. The names of directions such as north-west are usually hyphenated.

— Blue Jay

  • I would consider the to be optional here.
  • There is no need to capitalize north-west and south-east , unless these are names of districts rather than directions.
  • The names of directions such as north-west are usually hyphenated.
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I would consider the to be optional here.
There is no need to capitalize north-west and south-east, unless these are names of districts rather than directions.
The names of directions such as north-west are usually hyphenated.
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