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Teal lime Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Proper names or proper nouns?

Do you say, "proper names" or "proper nouns"?

If both are possible, do they mean the same thing?

If not, when should I use each of them?

Would you please give me a few examples of how to use them correctly/properly?

Thank you

  

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Hello teal lime, In English grammar, we have the term "proper nouns" and its opposite is "common nouns". Proper nouns are usually capitalized. " are proper nouns.

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  • Hello teal lime, In English grammar, we have the term "proper nouns" and its opposite is "common nouns".
  • Proper nouns are usually capitalized.
  • " are proper nouns.
  • Most of them don't take the article "the", but a few of them do.
  • Here are some sentence examples: Eg.
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Hello teal lime,

In English grammar, we have the term "proper nouns" and its opposite is "common nouns". Proper nouns are usually capitalized. For example, "London, Africa, America, the Netherlands, Arctic, Antarctica, John, Titanic, Monday, July, etc..." are proper nouns. Most of them don't take the article "the", but a few of them do.

Here are some sentence examples:

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There is a difference: proper names are expressions which have been conventionally adopted as the name of a particular entity, i.e. the names of particular places and persons. Proper nouns, on the other hand, are word-level units belonging to the category noun.

For example, "New Zealand" and "the United Stated of America" are proper names, but "Zealand" and "America" are not; they are p

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What is the difference in the "united States of America" trust (the proper name) vs. the UNITED STATES corporation (the proper person) with its full CAPITALIZATION?

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