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US Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
Nov 15, 2004 10:08
20 yrs ago
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English term

south west England

English Other Law: Contract(s)
How is this term spelt correctly?

South West England
south west England
South-West England
South-west England
south-west England

Help!!!!!!!!
Responses
4 +5 south-west England
4 +5 South West

Discussion

Steve Yates Nov 17, 2004:
north-central is the only one in the list that is clearly not an administrative district, whereas SW could be either. I would go with both of them hyphenated.
Non-ProZ.com Nov 17, 2004:
so the north-central is with a hyphen then also?
David Moore (X) Nov 17, 2004:
That would certainly be my take; there IS no administrative district "North Central England" anyway, so that one has to be geographical.
Non-ProZ.com Nov 17, 2004:
so then it should read:

..... in south-west England, north-central England, etc...?
Non-ProZ.com Nov 17, 2004:
the complete sentence is Outside the centres of concentrated population, there are great open spaces of mountains, forests and moorland in South West England, North Central England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Das south west und north central macht mir wirklich gro�e Schwierigkeiten. Ich habe schon �berall nachgesehen. Ich kann hier nicht erkennen, ob es sich um eine Region oder um den geografischen Ort handelt. Das ist ein Diktat und ich h�tte es schon gern richtig. Vielen Dank f�r euren Input!
Non-ProZ.com Nov 15, 2004:
The sentence is: There are many natural and man-made (cannot remember the noun) in South West England, North Central England, Wales and Scotland.
David Moore (X) Nov 15, 2004:
We assume the question DOES relate to the region, rather than the geographical area?

Responses

+5
35 mins
Selected

south-west England

is more correct when speaking (or writing, rather!) about a more-or-less geographical area.

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Note added at 44 mins (2004-11-15 10:53:21 GMT)
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South West England, as the region, incorporates the counties of Devon and Cornwall, Somerset, and Gloucestershire, and Bath and Bristol. Any less than this should be referred to as \"south-west England\" or \"THE south-west *OF* England\"

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Note added at 1 day 22 hrs 55 mins (2004-11-17 09:04:10 GMT)
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If I were to write \"the south-west /AE southwest\" OF England, there would be no mistake; even so, the sentence now makes it perfectly clear that this is the correct answer. I know England well, and can assure you that south-west England has indeed tracts of moorland and forest in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall; there are hills too - hardly mountains, as the none of them hit the 1,000-metre mark - but even the forests are pretty modest. At all events, the REGION is \"South West England\"; this is the area, loosely south-west of Bristol and not the whole region.

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Note added at 2 days 23 hrs 14 mins (2004-11-18 09:23:49 GMT)
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I\'d say \"north-central England\" too.
Peer comment(s):
agree silvia glatzhofer
38 mins
agree Aisha Maniar : you're quite right; the reference here is to the "south-west" of England and not the "region" known as the South West! Otherwise, it could be confusing to the reader.
57 mins
agree LJC (X)
58 mins
agree DGK T-I : south-west England to describe a geographical area (the same, a bit more eg: Hampshire, or a bit less),(South West England is the name for a specific region (includes Wilts &Dorset)) http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/South West England
1 hr
agree Ann C Sherwin : But if you were translating for a US readership, it would be written solid: southwest England.
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks a lot. We'll see what the teacher says"
+5
5 mins

South West

Declined
As a region, it is capitalised like a county. No hyphen.
Reference:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/

Peer comment(s):
neutral David Moore (X) : Sorry, but I must remove my "agree", as it is NOT the region itself to which reference is made here
3 mins
agree lafresita (X)
9 mins
agree avantix
11 mins
agree Tamara Ferencak
16 mins
agree Empty Whiskey Glass
25 mins
agree Jennifer Vela Valido
32 mins
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