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#2 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 18:22 pm Diffence between '...go East' and '...go the East'; hard work vs. hard-workin |
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1) Some of the ailments of the West have come East? -> why not 'the East'? To me, your original sentence isn't quite right. You could say either 'come east' (no capitalization because 'east' is simply a direction) or 'come to the East' (East is a name).
2) ... a number of sturdy pillars: hard work, high savings rates and Confucian values. -> why not 'hard-working'? 'Hard-working' is an adjective, but the rest of your list consists of nouns, so 'hard work' is appropriate. -> The difference between 'saving rates' and 'savings rates'? The plural 'savings' is used to talk about money that you save at the bank.
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#3 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 18:38 pm Diffence between '...go East' and '...go the East'; hard work vs. hard-working |
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'Some of the ailments of the West have come East?'
I think there's a deep meaning behind the phrase 'come East'. For ex., there's a transition of something from the Westto the East . Once, I heard a phrase that is 'Go, Go West', something like that. So...? |
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#4 (permalink) Wed Mar 21, 2007 19:09 pm Diffence between '...go East' and '...go the East'; hard work vs. hard-working |
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I think that Amy is right in this instance -- "east" in this case is used to convey direction.
Hence, "Some of the ailments of the West have come east."
the West is a place; if you were to put "the" before "east", it would become "the East".
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