Hello welcome to this tutorial.
Today we are going to talk about proper nouns
now and known.
It's a word used to identify people places or things.
These kinds of nouns are called common nouns for and noun is a word used to name a particular one of
these and those kinds of nouns are called proper nouns.
For example in the sentence we have you can buy coffee at Starbucks.
Now the word Starbucks is a proper noun cause it is a word used to name a particular place Starbucks
on the other hand.
The word coffee is a common noun cause it is a word used to identify a thing now a proper noun is a
noun that refers to a unique thing such as names names of cities planets corporations etc. But a common
noun usually refers to a class of things for example London is the capital of Great Britain London name
of a city Great Britain name of a country also note that proper nouns are unique names and so they are
capitalized.
So for example here we have Olivia wants to travel around Europe next year the word Olivia is a unique
name so it's capitalized the scene with the word Europe.
We should also capitalize proper nouns that are names of festivals for example Christmas and Thanksgiving
are my two favorite holidays.
Now the proper nouns Christmas and Thanksgiving are names of festivals and so they should be capitalized
should also capitalize the name of a person's title.
For example everything depends on President Trump and his decision proper now.
President is the title of Trump so it should be capitalized.
Also we should capitalize the names of books films please and paintings.
We use capital letters for the nouns adjectives and verbs in the titles.
For example I've just finished reading the Old Man and the sea the old man and the sea is the title
of the book.
I've just finished reading
now.
Sometimes we use a person's name to refer to something they have created.
For example we weren't listening to Mozart the other day I'm reading and I was murdered.
Now
now when you use a word about a family member for example mom dad uncle capitalize it only if the word
is being used exactly as you would use a name.
In other words if you were addressing the person directly if the word is not being used as a name it's
not capitalized have for example in the sentence we have please ask Dad if you can buy wine on his way
home.
The word Dad is used to address the person directly so it's capitalized and in the sentence is your
dad coming over for dinner.
The word Dad is not capitalized because it's not being used as a name.
Now when ever you see a capitalized word question whether or not it is a proper noun.
Make sure that the capitalized word is in fact and known as there are also proper adjectives.
For example in the sentence we have Asia is one of the continents of the world.
The word Asia is the name of the continent.
So it's a proper noun and in the sentence we have.
I do really like Asian food.
The word Asian is a proper adjective.
It is a word used to describe the noun food.