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Proper Nouns

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Grammar > Parts of Speech > Nouns

A Proper Noun is member of a group of nouns which refer to a person or place (and sometimes a title).

Proper nouns always begin with a capital letter.

Queen Victoria, Cleopatra, Buddha, London, Australia, Mars, Asia, Freddie Kruger

When we talk about a place which does not have a name, we use a common noun; if it has a name we use a proper noun. For example, we say:

prison, hospital, house

but we talk about

Wandsworth Prison, St Guy's Hospital, The White House
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