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A proper noun is the name of a specific person, a place, a thing, or a title. A proper noun is always capitalized.
Some examples of proper nouns are:
- Abraham Lincoln
- African-American
- Amazon River
- American Samoa
- Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Anglo-Saxon
- Antarctica
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Apple Computer
- Asia
- Atlantic Ocean
- Australia
- Baffin Island, Canada
- Barack obama
- Berlin, Germany
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Burger King
- Cameroon
- Campbell's Soup
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cheerios
- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
- Coca-Cola
- Czech Republic
- Declaration of Independence
- Denver, Colorado
- Disneyland
- Dunkin Donuts
- 'East of Eden' by John Steinbeck
- Easter Island
- Eiffel Tower
- England
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- The Federated States of Micronesia
- Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
- Fire Island, New York
- Firestone Tires
- Ford Motor Company
- France
- George Washington
- Gobi Desert
- Golden Gate Bridge
- 'Gone With the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell
- Goodyear Blimp
- Grand Canyon
- Great Britian
- Great Pyramid of Giza
- Great Wall of China
- Greenland
- Harley-Davidson
- Hawaii
- Herman Melville
- Hewlett-Packard
- Himalaya Mountains
- Idi Amin (Dictator For Life, aka Butcher of Uganda)
- India
- International Olympic Committee (OIC)
- Isthmus of Panama
- John-Deere
- Jonquil Motel, Bisbee, Arizona
- Julius Caesar
- 'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling
- Kellogg's Corn Flakes
- Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Kraft Foods
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Titicaca, Peru and Brazil
- Land O'Lakes Butter
- London, England
- Long Island, New York
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Madison Square Garden
- Marie Antoinette
- Marilyn Monroe
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mercedes-Benz
- Microsoft
- Milky Way
- Mississippi River
- Mohave Desert
- Mott's Apple Juice
- Mount Rushmore
- Mumbai, India
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Native American
- Nelson Mandela
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Guinea
- New Zealand
- Nile River
- Norfolk Island
- North America
- 'North By Northwest' (1959 movie)
- Ontario, Canada
- Oreo Cookie
- Orlando, Florida
- OshKosh B'gosh
- Pan-American Highway
- Panama Canal
- Papua New Guinea
- Paris, France
- Petra, Jordan
- Peurto Rico
- Pyrenees Mountains
- Queen Elizabeth II
- 'The Red Badge of Courage' by Stephen Crane
- Red Sea
- Republic of Iceland
- Robin Hood
- Rock of Gibraltar
- Rome, Italy
- Safeway
- Sahara Desert
- Samsung
- Scotland Yard
- Snoopy
- Solar System
- South Africa
- South America
- Spongebob Squarepants
- Springfield, Illinois
- State Farm Insurance
- Statue of Liberty
- Suez Canal
- Sydney Opera House
- Taj Mahal
- Times Square, New York
- Tito's Taco Palace, Culver City, California
- Trump Tower
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
- United States
- University of Virginia
- US Secretary of State
- Vegemite
- Velveeta
- Victoria Falls,
- Wall Street Journal
- 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy
- Warren County Middle School
- Xbox
- The Y (YMCA, Young Men's Christian Association)
- Yellowstone National Park
- Yukon Territory
- Zip Code (a registered trademark)
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No, the common noun 'uncle' becomes a proper noun when it is the title of a specific uncle. Examples: common noun: My uncle invited me to go fishing. proper noun: My Uncle Jack invited me to go fishing.
What is a proper noun'?
A proper noun is a noun used as the name for a specific person, place, or thing. Examples: common noun, person: proper nouns Bill Clinton, Lady Gaga, Captain Kirk common noun, place: proper nouns Spain, Auckland NZ, Disneyworld common noun, thing: proper noun Maxwell House Coffee, The X-Factor, Taj Mahal
How are businesses capitalized?
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A direct object is only capitalized if it's a proper noun. Examples: Barbara hit James. (James is a proper noun.) Barbara hit the window. (Window is a common noun.)
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What is a Noun for Tuesday?
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What is the proper adjective for man?
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Examples of common nouns for the proper noun 'Edward' are:personboymancitizenstudentemployeebrotherprince
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The common noun for the proper noun South America is continent.
