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This week we will be using this page to discuss the topic of proper nouns. Click on Grammar to see a website about different grammar topics!

Recognize a proper noun when you see one.
Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A //proper// noun has two distinctive features: 1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and 2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence. Check out the chart below: teacher beagle cookie city restaurant document school || J.K. Rowling Ms. Silverman Snoopy Oreo New York City Burger King Declaration of Independence SUNY Cortland || Read the following sentences. Notice the difference between the common and proper nouns. >> 1. Tina offered Antonio one of her mother's homemade oatmeal cookies but only an Oreo would satisfy his sweet tooth. >> >> cookies = common noun; Oreo = proper noun. >> >> 2. Charlie had wanted an easy teacher for his composition class, but he got Mrs. Hacket, whose short temper and unreasonable demands made the semester a torture. >> >> teacher = common noun; Mrs. Hacket = proper noun >> >> >> Watch this short video about Proper Nouns >> >> media type="youtube" key="tLtH_djzueU" height="315" width="560" >> >> Students should write their own sentence using at least one Proper Noun in the sentence. >>
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