為什麼這篇Eastern east鄉民發文收入到精華區：因為在Eastern east這個討論話題中，有許多相關的文章在討論，這篇最有參考價值！作者rain125 (for fun)看板Eng-Class標題[字辨] East, West vs...
混淆的字: East vs. Easter,, 其他方位類推
想請問他們都可以當形容詞用,
那何時用哪個呢?
比方說 北台灣
要翻成North Taiwan還是Northern Taiwan?
兩者有何差別呢? Thanks~
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推 sovereignty:northern 03/19 22:15
→ chenzhishun1:i think in this case it is up to you. 03/20 17:15
→ chenzhishun1:according to a friend of mine who lives in 03/20 17:16
→ chenzhishun1:south London. 03/20 17:16
→ rain125:are you saying that either way is ok? 03/20 20:53
→ chenzhishun1:yes, in this case. 03/20 22:36
→ chenzhishun1:there are cases it makes difference. like 03/20 22:37
→ chenzhishun1:"south africa"is a country while"southern africa" 03/20 22:38
→ chenzhishun1:is not 03/20 22:39
→ chenzhishun1:in my opinion, this is about common usage, 03/20 22:41
→ chenzhishun1:and this is beyond grammar. ^^ 03/20 22:43
→ chenzhishun1:by the way,the cartoon is South Park, not 03/20 22:53
→ chenzhishun1:Southern Park. Why?Because it has been decided ^^ 03/20 22:55
→ chenzhishun1:some people call hard liquor southern comfort, 03/20 23:01
→ chenzhishun1:they don't call it south comfort. 03/20 23:01
→ chenzhishun1:it's just that both north taiwan and northern 03/20 23:13
→ chenzhishun1:taiwan sound equally pleasant to my ears ^^ 03/20 23:13