Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives

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Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives

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Geographical Names

• You know that a proper noun names a particular
  person, place, or thing and that a proper noun
  always begins with a capital letter.
• Therefore, you must capitalize proper nouns from
  geography. Do not capitalize small words like the
  and of.

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Capitalize cities, states, countries, and
continents.

• Chicago
• Texas
• Austria
• South America

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Capitalize bodies of water and geographical
features.

• Ohio River
• White Mountains
• Gulf of Mexico

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Capitalize the names of areas. Do not capitalize
directions.

• The Southwest
• the Middle East
• Central Asia
• We traveled south along the coast, then east.

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Capitalize streets and highways.

• Route 66
• Wall Street
• Avenue of the Stars

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Capitalize buildings, bridges, and monuments.

• Fort Knox
• World Trade Center
• Brooklyn Bridge

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You can form a proper adjective from a proper
noun. Capitalize proper adjectives.
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Which words should be capitalized?

• The egyptian museum in cairo has many treasures.
• Egypt and the suez canal are part of the middle
  east.
• Aswan is a city in the nile valley in southern
  egypt.
• I visited the institute of africa on elm road.
• An exhibition of african art included carved
  masks.

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Titles, Organizations, Dates, and Subjects

• Other proper nouns that you should capitalize
  include titles, names of organizations,
  historical events and periods, certain dates, and
  certain subjects.

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Capitalize titles for people. Do not capitalize
titles if they are used alone as common nouns.

• Captain Ahab
• Dr. Kaplan
• Father
• The doctor will see you now.
• My uncle is the president.

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Capitalize organizations, institutions, and
businesses.

• United League
• Tampa High School
• Dallas Symphony
• Teds Garage
• Hirsch Institute
• Branford Company

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Capitalize languages and specific school subjects
followed by a number. Do not capitalize general
school subjects.

• English
• social studies
• Biology I
• science
• Algebra 2
• math

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Capitalize historical events, periods of time,
and documents

• Boston Tea Party
• Roaring Twenties
• Revolutionary War
• Gettysburg Address
• Age of Reason
• the Constitution

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Capitalize days, months, and holidays, but not
seasons

• Monday
• spring
• November
• Fourth of July
• autumn
• winter

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What words should be capitalized?

• 6. In history 1, we are studying the civil war.
• 7. The gettysburg address was delivered by
  president lincoln.
• 8. Jefferson davis was the president of the
  confederacy.
• 9. General lee appeared at appomattox court house
  in april 1865.
• 10. Lee became president of washington college
  after the war.

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Write the incorrect sentences, adding capital
letter where needed. If a sentence is already
correct, write correct.

• 11. The exhibit runs from Thursday, september 4,
  through tuesday, december 30.
• 12. The museum of science will remain open on
  memorial day.
• 13. Every fall and spring, the museum has a
  special exhibit.
• 14. It is held by the world ocean society on
  clinton avenue.
• 15. The current exhibit is on the worlds natural
  waterways.
• 16. Research by the national science foundation
  is included.

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Write the incorrect sentences, adding capital
letter where needed. If a sentence is already
correct, write correct.

• 17. Interest in science increased in the middle
  ages.
• 18. Today professor wyman is taking the geography
  101 class of bentley university to the exhibit.
• 19. Other geography classes will visit during the
  spring break.
• 20. The atlantic ocean is half the size of the
  pacific ocean.
• 21. The atlantic was named for the atlas
  mountains of africa.

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Write the incorrect sentences, adding capital
letter where needed. If a sentence is already
correct, write correct.

• 22. There are mountain ranges under the ocean.
• 23. The tallest mountains on land are the
  himalayas.
• 24. The george washington bridge spans the hudson
  river.
• 25. From the bridge, you can see the world trade
  center.