Gergraphical names

[Rachel Adams]

Hello
Do my examples show correct capitalisation?

1.She lives in North Africa.
2.She works in South America.
3.She teaches in East Asia.
4.She is from Europe.
5.It is a small european country.
6.It is an eastern european city.
7.It is in Estern Europe.
8.I was born in Northern Ireland.
9.Spain is in the south.
10.It is in northern Europe.
11.It is situated in the west.
12.It is a western tradition/city.
13.It's a Eurasian region.
14.In caucasian towns. (This one isn't a sentence, though)

 

[SoothingDave]

Always capitalize place names, and adjectives derived from them. European. Caucasian.

 

[Rover_KE]

And always leave a space after a full stop/period (including those after the question numbers).

 

[Rachel Adams]

Always capitalize place names, and adjectives derived from them. European. Caucasian.

So I had only two mistakes: ''caucasian and european instead of European and Caucasian.
You said I should capitalize place names and adjectives derived from them as in Africa-African, am I right? But in ''A western city'' ''western'' is not derived from a name of a place and that's why isn't capitalized, right?

 

[SoothingDave]

Those were your obvious mistakes. You have a few others. 3, 5, 6, 7, 14

 

[Rachel Adams]

I corrected them.

3.She teaches in Eastern Asia or in the east of Asia.
5.It's a small European country.
6.It is an Eastern European city.
7.It is in Eastern Europe.
14.In Caucasian towns.

 

[Tarheel]

Geographical names

By Caucasian towns do you mean places in the Caucasus?

 

[Rachel Adams]

Re: Geographical names

Yes, Tarheel.

 

[emsr2d2]

I corrected them.

3.She teaches in Eastern Asia or in the east of Asia.
5.It's a small European country.
6.It is an Eastern European city.
7.It is in Eastern Europe.
14.In Caucasian towns.

Despite Rover's advice in post #3, you have failed to put a space after the full stop that precedes each sentence.

 

[Rachel Adams]

Always capitalize place names, and adjectives derived from them. European. Caucasian.

In the following example ''western'' isn't the name of a place but it's capitalised:-?. ''Many children in Western countries count on the Tooth Fairy to leave money or presents in exchange for a tooth''. The name of the book is ''Reading Challenge'' by Casey Malarcher.

 

[Tarheel]

The sentence in post #10 follows the pattern mentioned by SoothingDave. Why are you confused?

 

[Rachel Adams]

The sentence in post #10 follows the pattern mentioned by SoothingDave. Why are you confused?

''Western'' is not part of name in my example. Judging by the examples given in the dictionary ''western Spain'', ''all over the western hemisphere'' ''westerm'' doesn't need to be capitalised. I was asking about a similar sentence. Why are you confused?

 

[SoothingDave]

When I use "Western" to refer to Western civilization, I capitalize it. It's a proper name. When it's a portion of something else (like western France), it's not part of the name.
People will vary on this.

 

[Rachel Adams]

South Africa is capitalised because it is thecountry's name and the adjective must be capialised too, am I right?'' For example, ''South African traditions.'' Unlike western France or northern Germany.

 

[emsr2d2]

South Africa is capitalised because it is the country's name and the adjective must be capitalised too. Am I right? (No quotation marks required here.) For example, ''South African traditions", unlike "western France" or "northern Germany".

Note my corrections above. Yes, both words of "South Africa" must be capitalised because they are both part of the name of the country (it doesn't make any difference whether one of the words is an adjective or not).

 

[Rachel Adams]

Note my corrections above. Yes, both words of "South Africa" must be capitalised because they are both part of the name of the country (it doesn't make any difference whether one of the words is an adjective or not).

Thank you but I was asking about this example ''South African traditions''. I know you would capitalise South Africa because both words are part of the name but if you are using both words and one of them is an adjective, would you capitalise both of them? As in ''South African traditions''.

 

[Rover_KE]

If 'South African traditions' referred only to the country of South Africa, then yes.

However, there are many countries in the southern part of Africa, so if a greater African area was being referenced, I'd write 'southern African traditions'.

 

[Rachel Adams]

If 'South African traditions' referred only to the country of South Africa, then yes.

However, there are many countries in the southern part of Africa, so if a greater African area was being referenced, I'd write 'southern African traditions'.

These examples are from the book English File. "She is from Galway, a city in the West of Ireland." "He's from Alexandria, an important city in the North of Egypt." "He's from Shanghai, a big city in the East of China." They are still capitalized.

 

[emsr2d2]

When I use "Western" to refer to Western civilization, I capitalize it. It's a proper name. When it's a portion of something else (like western France), it's not part of the name.
People will vary on this.

These examples are from the book English File. "She is from Galway, a city in the West of Ireland." "He's from Alexandria, an important city in the North of Egypt." "He's from Shanghai, a big city in the East of China." They are still capitalized.

Note the final sentence of SoothingDave's earlier post.

 

[Tarheel]

Geographical names

There is an area in Ireland called the West Region. It is a place name, and it is capitalized. (The region is mostly rural. Galway is the largest city.)