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Capital letters query: South East England

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TERFCat · 29/06/2024 16:08

How would you correctly capitalize north, south, etc?

For example:

I am from south east England.
In south east England, there are houses.

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muddyford · 29/06/2024 16:14

I don't as in these examples the compass point is like an adjective. I would use a capital letter for North Yorkshire, the Western Isles, Southern Ocean and East Anglia, as these are proper names. I live in south-west England, my aunt in north Norfolk, which is in East Anglia!

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PuppyMonkey · 29/06/2024 16:17

I think I’d capitalise them all as it looks better, I know it’s probably wrong officially but I think when it’s describing regions like that eg the South East, the East Midlands etc, it is clearer.

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StaySpicy · 29/06/2024 18:26

To me, it's the name of the region ("I live in South East England") so I'd capitalise for that. If you said "I live in the south east", I wouldn't.

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KnickerlessParsons · 29/06/2024 18:52

I would always capitalise South Wales, but not "the south of Wales", although nobody ever says that.

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