Assertion: proper noun's word | /r/HasProperty | proper noun
Facets:
value: in this sentence
type: OTHER
value: sometimes
type: DEGREE
value: in above examples
type: OTHER
value: depending on context
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The only way to determine if a word is a proper noun is to know whether it is a specific name or a general name.
text: Most style guides give decisive recommendations on capitalization, but not all of them go into detail on how to decide in these gray areas if words are proper nouns or not and should be capitalized or not.[d]
text: The word Burmese is also a proper adjective; for example the Burmese language is still the official language of Myanmar.
text: However, there is a slight confusion at times, the confusion arises when the word we are looking at is both proper noun and common noun.
text: Therefore, the words to denote our moon and our sun can be either proper nouns or common nouns depending on context.
text: These words are called proper nouns.
text: Words or phrases that are neither proper nouns nor derived from proper nouns are often capitalized in present-day English:
text: Words derived from proper names are sometimes called proper adjectives (or proper adverbs, and so on), but not in mainstream linguistic theory.
text: Words derived from proper names are sometimes called proper adjectives (or proper adverbs, and so on), but not in mainstream linguistic theory.
text: So, for example, the word dog is a common noun; but if your dog was called Fido, the word Fido is a proper noun:
text: Now the rule is simple, every word that is a proper noun should have its first letter capitalized.
text: The word "Thailand" is a proper noun because there is only one Thailand and Thailand is its name.
text: Sometimes the same word can be either a common noun or a proper noun, depending on how it is used; for example:
text: Sometimes the same word can be either a common noun or a proper noun, depending on how it is used; for example:
text: In the sentence, the word Houston is a proper noun because it names a specific place, while the word problem is a common noun, which expresses a thing or idea.
text: The word Albanian (when referring to the language) is a unique entity, and is therefore a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Ford is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Gandhi is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word India is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Lion is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Antarctica is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word America is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Computer is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Padmini is a proper noun.
text: In this sentence, the word Obama is a proper noun.
text: The word Houston is a proper noun.
text: The word Portuguese is a proper adjective and a proper noun (a person of or from Portugal).
text: The word 'Ethiopian' is a proper noun, a word for a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia, or a person of Ethiopian descent.
text: In above examples the words in purple colour are proper noun whereas words in green colour are common nouns.
text: Remember, while all proper nouns are capitalized, not all capitalized words are proper nouns.
text: In the sentence above, the words ‘Bob’, ‘Marley’ and ‘Tina’ are proper nouns.
text: In both the sentences, you can see that the words ‘Florence’ and ‘Angus’ are proper nouns, since they denote the specific names of specific individuals.
text: 3) You can tell whether words are proper nouns because:
text: All the underlined words above are proper nouns.
text: The word Portuguese is a proper adjective and a proper noun (a person of or from Portugal).
text: The word Chinese is a proper adjective, a word derived from the proper noun, China; a proper adjective is always capitalized.
text: The word "American" is also a proper adjective, a word used to describe a noun as of or from the United States of America the continents of North or South America.