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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~ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 60.250.219.18
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