American Idol is the name of a show so it is a proper noun.
The term 'American idol' is a noun, a word for a person. The term 'American Idol', with both words capitalized is the name of a TV program. The term 'American idol', with only the proper adjective capitalized is a word for any person idolized by Americans at any point in history.
The word "idol" is a concrete noun, as it refers to a physical object or person that is revered or admired. It can also be classified as a common noun, since it denotes a general category rather than a specific name. In some contexts, "idol" can also be seen as an abstract noun when referring to the concept of worship or admiration itself.
The term African American is a compound, proper noun, a word for a specific group of people. The plural noun, intellectuals is a common noun. The proper noun African American is a 'noun used as an adjective' to describe the common noun intellectuals. Using a proper adjective or a proper noun to describe a common noun does not change the common noun into a proper noun; for example McDonald's fries, the noun fries is still a common noun; or for Shakespearean character, the noun character is still a common noun.
The term 'American history' is a noun phrase, a group of words based on a noun that functions as a unit in a sentence.The noun phrase 'American history' is made up of the common noun 'history' and the proper adjective 'American'.
you would just say American idol if you were refering to the American idol in America whitch it would not be American idol anywhere else because its American but back to the point....you would say American Idol for American idol.
The noun 'God' is a proper noun as a word for a specific deity. The noun 'god' is a common noun as a general word for any image, idol, or symbolic representation to whom or which excessive attention is given. EXAMPLES proper noun: I know that God will forgive you. common noun: His followers treat him like a god.
American is a proper noun. It can also be an adjective, as in "American cheese." A rule of thumb: proper nouns are capitalized and common nouns are not capitalized.
American idol American idol
she was on American Idol.
American Idol is done for this season.
He is a performer on American Idol.
The word "idol" is primarily a noun. It refers to a person or thing that is greatly admired or revered. In some contexts, it can also function as a verb, meaning to worship or regard with blind adoration. However, its most common usage is as a noun.