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... proper noun is the name of a particular person or place : William Shakespeare , United States . It should be noted that proper nouns are always capitalized . Common nouns may be divided into three groups . For example , some grammarians ...
... proper noun is the name of a particular person or place : William Shakespeare , United States . It should be noted that proper nouns are always capitalized . Common nouns may be divided into three groups . For example , some grammarians ...
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... PROPER ADJECTIVES Proper adjectives , as the name suggests , come from proper nouns : American soldiers Bolivian tin Proper adjectives often become in effect simple descriptive ad- jectives and lose their capital letters except at the ...
... PROPER ADJECTIVES Proper adjectives , as the name suggests , come from proper nouns : American soldiers Bolivian tin Proper adjectives often become in effect simple descriptive ad- jectives and lose their capital letters except at the ...
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... proper noun or in place of a proper noun : We wrote to Uncle Henry about Mother's trouble . It is comforting to have an uncle to help us out . I spoke to Father about what Sarah's father said yesterday . Alice is my younger sister . IX ...
... proper noun or in place of a proper noun : We wrote to Uncle Henry about Mother's trouble . It is comforting to have an uncle to help us out . I spoke to Father about what Sarah's father said yesterday . Alice is my younger sister . IX ...
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abbreviations adjective adverb antecedent apposition asked auxiliary verbs begin called capital Chapter colloquial comma complement complete composition compound sentence coordinating conjunction diagraming dictionary direct object driven emphasis English essay example expressions following sentences gender gerund give grammar hyphen idea IMPERATIVE MOOD important IMPROVED independent clause INDICATIVE MOOD infinitive interest italic type italics language letter look Mark indicating means modifiers MOOD noun or pronoun Oakhurst paragraph PAST PARTICIPLE PAST PERFECT past tense periodic sentence phrase plural Poker Flat predicate noun preposition PRESENT principal problem proper nouns prose punctuation question quotation marks reader reference relative pronouns requires rules semicolon simple sentence singular speak speech story style subjective complement SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD subordinate tence thing third person thought tion told topic sentence uncle usage usually words writing