“in the west” or “in west counties”

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“in the west” and “in west counties”
Which one is a little more authentic?

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Could you give us a full sentence please?

Also, what do you mean by "authentic"?
 
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Could you give us a full sentence please?

Also, what do you mean by "authentic"?
I want to write a article about differences about Chinese and western culture, and I will use this phrase in the beginning of one paragraph, but I want to choose a better phrase, which is not look like a chinglish
 

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You still haven't given us a full sentence.
 

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You still haven't given us a full sentence.
well,I just finished writing this paragraph :)

In west countries, people prefer a mature and sexy mouth, of which the way of making up is to trace the lip line,even do a bigger one, and fill the color in.
 

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In west countries,
I suggest In Western countries... or In the Western world...

people prefer a mature and sexy mouth, of which the way of making up is to trace the lip line,even do a bigger one, and fill the color in.
I'm not sure I've followed this but in any case this isn't part of your question. :)
 

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opooo, be careful not to write counties when you mean countries; there's a big difference.
 

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opooo, be careful not to write counties when you mean countries; there's a big difference.

Right. Though I hear they do like mature, sexy mouths in Somerset, too!
 

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I want to write a article about differences between Chinese and Western culture.
Also, try:

Also, I want a better phrase than I'm using now -- something that doesn't look like chinglish.
 
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