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Proper Nouns Definition

Proper Nouns

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Proper nouns are the names of individual people, places, titles, calendar times, etc..

eg: Janet; Simon; London; The President; Tuesday.

Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter. Nouns which are not written with a capital letter do not refer to the name of an individual person or thing and are called common nouns.

See Also:

Concrete Noun; Abstract Noun; Adjectival Noun; Noun as Adjective; Collective Noun; Mass Noun; Substantive; Proper Adjectives

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Nouns

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