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Hly2004 Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

southeast and southeastern

A southeast asian country

or

A southeastern asian country?

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

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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.

— Mister Micawber

  • 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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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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Hello Mister Micawber,
Mister MicawberSoutheast 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 tho
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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.
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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 ?
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