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A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title. A proper noun is always capitalized. Examples:
- a person: Oliver Twist
- a place: New York City
- a thing: Coca Cola (or Coke)
- a title: President of the United States or "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy
That being said, you can't rely solely on a capitalized word being a proper noun, both individuals and professionals sometimes capitalize incorrectly or fail to capitalize when necessary. Many words can be both a common noun and a proper noun and it's best to know which is which. Examples:
I have an apple in my lunch. Fiona Apple is an American singer.
We went to the lake for a week this summer. Here is a map of Lake Michigan.
We can paint the room cream and yellow. We have some Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
My secretary can make an appointment for you. Ray Mabus is the US Secretary of the Navy.
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How do you convert a proper noun into a proper adjective?
I don't know about a proper adjetive, but I know how to turn a proper noun into a proper adjective. A proper noun is the proper name of a country, organization, corporation such as Great Britain, America, Spain. Proper adjectives modify nouns as in British flag, American schools, Spanish rice. There, proper nouns (Britain, America, Spain) have been turned into proper adjectives. How about the Universe into universal? Queen Elizabeth from the Elizabethan period? Does this help?Very briefly, when you use a proper noun, for example, Kennedy, to describe another noun, as in Kennedy Administration, grammatically speaking, you are using that proper noun as a proper adjective. It's that simple.
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I don't know about a proper adjetive, but I know how to turn a proper noun into a proper adjective. A proper noun is the proper name of a country, organization, corporation such as Great Britain, America, Spain. Proper adjectives modify nouns as in British flag, American schools, Spanish rice. There, proper nouns (Britain, America, Spain) have been turned into proper adjectives. How about the Universe into universal? Queen Elizabeth from the Elizabethan period? Does this help?Very briefly, when you use a proper noun, for example, Kennedy, to describe another noun, as in Kennedy Administration, grammatically speaking, you are using that proper noun as a proper adjective. It's that simple.
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