The garden lies to the south of the house.
Kowloon is less than an hour's dirve to the south of Shenzhen.
The magnetic needle points to the south.
通过上列例句的比较,我们可以举一反三,联想到in,on和to the east(west,north)的差异和意义了。
顺便在此指出,south和southern的比较级是more southern。最高级是 southmost和southernmost;north和northern亦然。值得注意的是,east和west有所不同。它们的原级是 east(eastern),west(western),比较级是more eastern和more western,最高级只有一种形式,即easternmost和westernmost,不能写作eastmost和westrmost。