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4 +1 | West Africa |
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5 | west Africa |
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4 +1 | Western Africa |
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5 | Hey Yuri! |
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4 | western Africa |
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4 | West or Western |
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West Africa Explanation: That ole' Google search trick! West Africa: 527,000 results Western Africa: 34,600 results Go for West - then you don't have to worry about whether to capitalise it or not! HTH Mary Reference: http://www.google.com |
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west Africa Explanation: "west Africa" is some 15 times more common than "western Africa" (Google). My geriatric brain. Reference: http://www.google.com |
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Western Africa Explanation: In the Longman Dictionary, Western: of or belonging to the West part of world or of a country. I believe the picture in your text is talking about the sorehouses, the granaries in the West part of Africa, so it should be Western. Among the countries in the Western Africa, there are Benin, and Bukina Faso. I hope that helps, Luciana Reference: http://www.supertravelnet.com/welcome.cgi?country=14_0_3&sys... |
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Hey Yuri! Explanation: My faithful Collins indicates that there appears to be no diffence between the two. Certainly I would call it West africa, if talking of the specific geographical and political area, whereas I would say "western" if distinguishing it from eastern Africa, or northen Africa. Just think - when talking of Tunisia and Algeria do you say North Africa or northern Africa. I say the former. It's the same. I would make the caption read "granaries in western Africa" or "West African granaries". "The granaries of Western Africa" makes it sound like some monumental thing or as if it's all of the granaries there are there. Angela I prefer the second version myself English mother -tongue speaker |
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western Africa Explanation: "western Africa" refers to all the countries within the western region of Africa, whereas "West Africa" is a country (also called "Republic of West Afrcia" or "West African Republic"). Reference: http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/maps/africa/westafrica000811.pd... |
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West or Western Explanation: Hi Yuri. First of all your question is very interesting and so the answers produced (this is my mote to write this to you) I think the usage is important, so, talking in general, I prefer West Africa. However, I'd say "granaries in western Africa" or "in West Africa" both would be right. I think the comment about western as thought in opposition to eastern,etc. is correct. REalize West may be both an adjective or a noun, while western is only an adj.(except for the films) |
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