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Magda Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

South/South East

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00Could you explain to me why there is "the" before South and no article before "South East" and "North East".02br
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00"The main regions of vegetable protected cultivation are situated in 01b00the02b00 South, in South East and in North East of the country."02br
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00Thank you.02br
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12br 12blockquote 10Hi Magda02br 02br 00This is a borderline case. Because articles are often omitted in 01b 00lists02b 00, the writer has done so even though it is doubtful that we are dealing with a list at all. 02br 00 0-

— Cool Breeze

  • 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Magda02br 02br 00This is a borderline case.
  • Because articles are often omitted in 01b 00lists02b 00, the writer has done so even though it is doubtful that we are dealing with a list at all.
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01cite10Magda12cite10Hello,12br
10Could you explain to me why there is "the" before South and no article before "South East" and "North East".12br
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10"The main regions of vegetable protected cultivation are situated in 11b10the12b10 South, in South East and in North East of the c
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0To me, all these need “the” in front of them because the writer has used “in”.00 00If he had written: “in the south, south-east, and north-east of the country”, it would have been fine.02br
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00Lil’ Ruby Rose0-
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0Hi guys,02br
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00"The main regions of vegetable protected cultivation are situated in 01b00the02b00 South, in South East and in North East of the country."02br
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00You need to say either 02br
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00"The main regions of vegetable protected cultivation are situated in 01b00the02b00 Sou
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0Hi Cool Breeze 05002br
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00thank you for the answer.02br
00I haven't done much progress yet 05100, but I hope that it will come.02br
00It is frustrating that some people think that all Scandinavian languages are related.02br
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00Terveisiä 00Tukholma,02br
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00Magda02br
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi guys,12br
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10"The main regions of vegetable protected cultivation are situated in 11b10the12b10 South, in South East and in North East of the country."12br
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10You need to say either 12br
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10"The main regions of vegetable
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01cite10Clive12cite10What does 'vegetable-protected' mean? It seems to need a hyphen.12br
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10Hi Clive02br
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00 I don't have the vaguest idea what 01i00vegetable-protected02i00 means. Maybe it's a term used by professionals, or altogether wrong. The hyph
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0I checked three dictionaries (Webster's, Cambridge and Collins) and none of them recognizes 01i00south east02i00 spelled as two words, so I'm not the only one that finds it a little strange.02br
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00If you are referring to a region in the UK, it is common practice to describe it as, for example, the North East. I live in the South West - also conf
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0Hi,02br
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00Google gives quite a lot of hits for 01font00South East Asia.02font02br
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00Clive0-
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01cite10Clive12cite10Google gives quite a lot of hits for 11font10South East Asia.12font12br
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10I'm sure it does. It also gives 338,000 hits for 01i00advice me02i00.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00True. I understand what you are saying.02br
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00However, I'd hesitate to say categorically that the former is incorrect, whereas the latter is clearly incorrect. 05002br
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00Best wishes again, Clive010id1
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