A region may be seen as a collection of smaller units -LRB- as in `` the LOCATION@1 states '' -RRB- or as one part of a larger whole -LRB- as in `` the LOCATION@1 region of the LOCATION@2 '' -RRB- .

A region can be seen as a collection of smaller things -LRB- as in `` the LOCATION@1 states '' -RRB- or as one part of a larger whole -LRB- as in `` the LOCATION@1 region of the LOCATION@2 '' -RRB- .
