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Proper nouns name specific places, people, and objects.
Proper nouns and words derived from them are always capitalized: deity, religions, religious
followers, sacred books; words of family relationships used as names; nationalities and
their languages, races, tribes; educational institutions, departments, degrees,
particular courses; government departments, organizations, political parties; historical
movements, periods, events, documents; specific electronic sources; and trade names.
Proper nouns are always capitalized
Academic subjects are capitalized only if they are the
names of languages: math, anthropology, German, Latin. Specific course
names are capitalized: Biology 4a, Match 34B.
Holidays, months, and days of the week, and seasons are capitalized. Be careful not to capitalize common nouns
to make them seem important: XYZ, Inc. is hiring a sr. product manager. [not XYZ, Inc. is hiring a
Sr. Product Manager].
Proper Noun Examples
| Proper Nouns |
Common Nouns |
| God (used as a name) |
a god |
| Mother Teresa |
my mother |
| Toyota Tacoma |
a pick-up truck |
| Xerox |
a photo copy |
| Google Search |
a web search |
| Lending Tree |
a mortgage broker |
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