{"id":21515,"date":"2026-09-24T06:32:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/?p=21515"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:24:14","slug":"definition-of-common-and-proper-noun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/uncategorized\/definition-of-common-and-proper-noun\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the definition of common and proper noun"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21515\" class=\"elementor elementor-21515\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfcf94b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfcf94b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-313942b\" data-id=\"313942b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffe83b5\" data-id=\"ffe83b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bf6b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72bf6b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is the Definition of Common and Proper Noun?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eba5b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eba5b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My nephew handed me his homework a while back with the sentence &#8220;i love my Dog rex&#8221; written across the top &#8220;Dog&#8221; capitalized, &#8220;rex&#8221; left lowercase. Backwards, basically. When I pointed it out, he squinted at the page and asked, &#8220;wait, so <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">names<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> get the capital letter, not the type of thing?&#8221; And that&#8217;s it, really. That&#8217;s the whole rule. It just takes a beat to sink in, and then it kind of never leaves you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s go through it properly, because common and proper nouns are in every sentence you write whether you notice them or not. 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They&#8217;re labels for a whole group.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A proper noun names one specific member of that group. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rex<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Patel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Nile<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each of these picks out exactly one thing and nothing else.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here&#8217;s the practical bit: proper nouns get capitalized wherever they sit in a sentence, beginning, middle, end, doesn&#8217;t matter. Common nouns only get capitalized if they&#8217;re opening a sentence or sitting inside a title.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9082b05\" data-id=\"9082b05\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-301b18d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"301b18d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41cf9e2\" data-id=\"41cf9e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29d7ac2\" data-id=\"29d7ac2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1d661 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da1d661\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Side-by-Side Comparison\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2893e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2893e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes seeing the pairs lined up does more than any explanation could.<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Common Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Proper Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">country<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">river<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Amazon<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teacher<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Johnson<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">company<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">city<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tokyo<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">book<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">language<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanish<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ocean<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Pacific Ocean<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Left column, category. Right column, one specific thing that belongs to that category. &#8220;City&#8221; could be any of thousands of places. &#8220;Tokyo&#8221; is one place, full stop.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e01bc63\" data-id=\"e01bc63\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b56b21 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b56b21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d85060f\" data-id=\"d85060f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e20ba6\" data-id=\"4e20ba6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f56c738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f56c738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why the Capital Letter Isn't Random\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ffa1ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ffa1ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People tend to treat capitalization as an arbitrary rule; they just have to memorize word by word, forever. But there&#8217;s actually a fairly simple idea running underneath it. A proper noun works like a label, a unique tag pointing at one specific thing, the way a name tag at a party identifies one particular person rather than just &#8220;someone in the room.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common nouns don&#8217;t get that treatment because they&#8217;re naming a type, not an individual. Nobody capitalizes &#8220;dog&#8221; when they mean dogs generally. But &#8220;Rex&#8221; gets capitalized, because that&#8217;s the name of this one dog specifically.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This logic even covers cases that don&#8217;t seem obvious at first. Days of the week and months\u00a0 Monday, July are technically proper nouns, which is why they&#8217;re always capitalized, despite feeling like the most ordinary words in the language. Seasons don&#8217;t get the same treatment, though. Summer, winter, spring, fall stay lowercase unless they&#8217;re part of an actual event name, like &#8220;the school&#8217;s annual Winter Formal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c727d6d\" data-id=\"c727d6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d09996 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d09996\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b1a0fc\" data-id=\"3b1a0fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-794ddf1\" data-id=\"794ddf1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684d2fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"684d2fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Words That Switch Sides\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7681ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7681ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the part people usually find most interesting. Some words move between common and proper depending purely on context.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Earth&#8221; is a good example. Talk about soil\u00a0 &#8220;the seeds were planted in the earth&#8221;\u00a0 lowercase, common noun. Talk about the planet as a specific object &#8220;Earth is the third planet from the sun&#8221; capital E, proper noun, same word.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Mayor&#8221; works the same way. &#8220;The mayor gave a speech&#8221; is common, describing the role in general. &#8220;Mayor Rodriguez gave a speech&#8221; is proper, because now it&#8217;s tied to one actual person&#8217;s name.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or take &#8220;lake&#8221; next to &#8220;Lake Erie.&#8221; One&#8217;s a general term for a body of water; the other names a specific one. The word doesn&#8217;t change meaning so much as it changes <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">job<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describing a category one moment, naming something exact the next.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efe055e\" data-id=\"efe055e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be47138 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be47138\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3539909\" data-id=\"3539909\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3836386\" data-id=\"3836386\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351fee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"351fee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where People Actually Trip Up\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257bc52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"257bc52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common slip I see is over-capitalizing &#8220;I visited the Beach,&#8221; &#8220;my Sister is coming over&#8221; where neither word is functioning as a name, so neither should be capitalized. It&#8217;s an easy trap, especially when a word feels significant in the sentence, because significance and proper-noun status aren&#8217;t the same thing.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under-capitalizing is the mirror-image mistake &#8220;chicago,&#8221; &#8220;microsoft&#8221; with no capital usually just a typing-fast issue rather than real confusion about the rule.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titles and roles cause their own kind of mix-up. &#8220;The president&#8221; (common, the role in general) and &#8220;President Lincoln&#8221; (proper, one specific person) look almost identical in structure, but the capitalization flips depending on whether a name is actually attached.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And then there&#8217;s the family-term thing. &#8220;My mom&#8221; stays lowercase, acting like an ordinary common noun. &#8220;Mom, can you help me?&#8221; gets capitalized, because in that sentence you&#8217;re essentially using it in place of her name.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ffc434\" data-id=\"5ffc434\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e177b0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e177b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6cc6f31\" data-id=\"6cc6f31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1641d1\" data-id=\"c1641d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427f793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"427f793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More Examples, for Good Measure\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7916d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c7916d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common: writer, continent, statue, ocean, holiday, language, building, festival.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proper: Ernest Hemingway, Antarctica, the Statue of Liberty, the Atlantic Ocean, Diwali, French, the Eiffel Tower, Coachella.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Run through both lists again and the same pattern holds every proper noun names one exact thing, every common noun could apply to plenty of examples within its category.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2f03bc\" data-id=\"c2f03bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60da141 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60da141\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2337272\" data-id=\"2337272\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cdd0fb1\" data-id=\"cdd0fb1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c5ca72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c5ca72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why This Is Worth Caring About\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f077eb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f077eb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s easy to file this away as something from third grade and forget it matters. But capitalization consistency quietly affects how polished a piece of writing looks. Random capitals on ordinary words, or missed capitals on actual names, are the kind of small errors that make an email or resume feel slightly off even when the reader can&#8217;t say exactly why.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There&#8217;s a clarity angle too. &#8220;The president&#8221; versus &#8220;the President&#8221; gets treated differently by most style guides depending on whether you mean a specific, named office holder in a formal context, or the role in a general sense. That&#8217;s not decoration, it&#8217;s precision.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee49338\" data-id=\"ee49338\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-140338f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"140338f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c7a219\" data-id=\"5c7a219\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a40fceb\" data-id=\"a40fceb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83eb52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"83eb52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f12562 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f12562\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you stop thinking of this as a pile of capitalization rules and start thinking of it as &#8220;category versus specific name,&#8221; the whole thing gets a lot easier to apply without stopping to think. Next time you&#8217;re not sure whether to capitalize something, just ask: am I naming one particular thing, or describing a type in general? That question settles it almost every time.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0b5ff3\" data-id=\"a0b5ff3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7900cf elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7900cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-988d709\" data-id=\"988d709\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6951563\" data-id=\"6951563\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bbaca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97bbaca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4376d34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"4376d34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7071\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7071\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\"> What's the simplest way to tell a common noun from a proper noun? <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7071\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7071\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask if the word names one specific thing or describes a general category. Specific a person, place, brand\u00a0 means proper, capitalized. General means common, lowercase.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-7072\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7072\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Are days of the week and months common or proper nouns?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7072\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7072\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Proper, both. 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