Chatvic Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Use of small and capital letters
How do I write, southern Africa or Southern Africa?
Also, west Africa or West Africa? Any guiding remarks?
Also, west Africa or West Africa? Any guiding remarks?
Top answer
Hi Chatvic, welcome to the forums! Southern Africa West Africa It forms part of the whole country name, so it is capitalised.
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Hi Chatvic, welcome to the forums!
Southern Africa
West Africa
It forms part of the whole country name, so it is capitalised.
Southern Africa
West Africa
It forms part of the whole country name, so it is capitalised.
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it is actually in lower case as southern Africa is not the actual name of the country unlike South Africa which is the full name of the country and is therefore in upper case.
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You have no choice with South Africa but both southern Africa and Southern Africa are common. I suppose many people capitalise southern for the simple reason that it looks better that way. In English, some people can capitalise even mother if they are talking about their own mother and want to be polite or respectful. To a large extent, this is more a matter of
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