Do you capitalise areas of the UK, i.e. North East England?

[FaradayCaged]

Was not sure where to post this, but seeing as it is so I know how to correctly state it in an essay, I thought I would post it here.

Im pretty sure you do not capitalise but my mate seems to think you do. So, would it be North East England or just simply north east England?

Ta

 

[Greebo]

<snip>Im pretty sure you do not capitalise but my mate seems to think you do. So, would it be North East England or just simply north east England?

Ta

FWIW I'd use capitals.

 

[Maurice Picarda]

It depends whether the region has any degree of official status, and whether there is a reasonably fixed and well understood definition. North London, East Barnet, south Brixton, west Luton.

 

[mrs quoad]

Snorbury?

 

[Limejuice]

I'd write north-east England.

 

[19sixtysix]

Tax rich southerners.

 

[Balham]

I'd use capitals. So, North West England for me then.

 

[StoneRoad]

I'ld tend to use capitals when describing the region as an entity, when comparing / contrasting it with something else.

 

[stuff_it]

Was not sure where to post this, but seeing as it is so I know how to correctly state it in an essay, I thought I would post it here.

Im pretty sure you do not capitalise but my mate seems to think you do. So, would it be North East England or just simply north east England?

Ta

I thought from the thread title it was a politics thread about another mad Tory plan.

 

[N_igma]

I'd throw a wee upside down question mark in there too ¿North east Engerland?

 

[Yossarian]

Was not sure where to post this, but seeing as it is so I know how to correctly state it in an essay, I thought I would post it here.

Im pretty sure you do not capitalise but my mate seems to think you do. So, would it be North East England or just simply north east England?

Ta

If it's a region but not a province and you're giving the name of the country then you don't capitalise the region - it's northeast England, or the Northeast.

 

[laptop]

If you're writing for a publication or a client, look to see what they do and do that

There's no right answer.

I use as few capitals as possible, given the choice.



Now: is it north east England or north-east England ?

 

[Yossarian]

Now: is it north east England or north-east England ?

It's northeast where I write, north-east where other people write, to me north east england means Norfolk.

 

[moose]

lower case t, upper case N. Thus: t'North

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If you're writing for a publication or a client, look to see what they do and do that

There's no right answer.

I use as few capitals as possible, given the choice.



Now: is it north east England or north-east England ?

BBC doesn't use hypen in North East and we all know the BBC can be trusted 100%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070g1d

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

And it's hyphenated here, and we all know the BBC can be trusted 100%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19873780

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

No hyphens here though, but all initial capitals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/news/newsid_7760000/7760853.stm

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's other people discussing the North East/northeast/north-east/up there on here

http://english.stackexchange.com/qu...e-difference-between-north-east-and-northeast