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Derohanes Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Proper nouns

I thought the "l" in linden, as in the tree, would capitalized because it is a proper noun. I saw it referred to in abook in lower case. Am I misunderstanding what a proper noun is?
  

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derohanes Am I misunderstanding what a proper noun is? You may be. A proper noun usually names an individual person, place or thing, not a class or type.

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  • derohanes Am I misunderstanding what a proper noun is?
  • You may be.
  • A proper noun usually names an individual person, place or thing, not a class or type.
  • She has a linden (type) in her yard .
  • She calls it Old Shady (name of the individual tree).
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derohanesAm I misunderstanding what a proper noun is?
You may be. A proper noun usually names an individual person, place or thing, not a class or type.
She has a linden (type) in her yard. She calls it Old Shady (name of the individual tree).
His house overlooks the lake (type). His house overlooks Lake Superior
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derohanesI thought the "l" in linden, as in the tree, would capitalized because it is a proper noun.
It's not a proper noun. There isn't only one linden tree in the world.
derohanes I saw it referred to in a book in lower case.
That is correct.

The names of species of plants and animals are not capitalized. map
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