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by gerdesj
67 days ago
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"which nouns are Nouns, and which are just nouns" English (int al) distinguishes "proper" nouns as a subset of nouns. A proper noun is a name and is capitalized. Hence you might write: King Charles is a king. Now, you also capitalize the first word of a sentence but here King is not the first word of a sentence - King Charles is a name. If you make a small change (indefinite to definite article), you get: King Charles is the King. The second king becomes a moniker and no longer just a description. English also tends to get capitalization-loopy as soon as religion rocks up (any religion). You can obviously ignore all that bollocks and write whatever you like, mostly without blushing! Some other related languages eg German, capitalize all nouns. |
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