Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives

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Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives

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• Pgs. 236-238

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Proper Nouns People and Places

• Proper nouns name specific people, places, or
  things.
• Capitalize the first word of a proper noun and
  each additional important word.

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Proper Nouns
Names, initials Dinah L. Williams.
Titles, abbreviations Capitalize titles before names, but not when they are used alone. Always capitalize the title President when referring to the President of the United States. Mr. Lodmel Mayor Lodmel The mayor President Lincoln The President
Terms for relatives Capitalize words showing family relationships only when they are used before a name or when they take the place of a name. Uncle Sonny Did Mother call? My uncle
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Proper Nouns
Cities, counties, states Los Angeles Warner South Dakota
Countries, continents, regions of the United States Capitalize regions of the country but not directions. Costa Rica, South Africa The South, the Midwest We drove south.
Planets Mercury, Jupiter
Bodies of water Nile River, Pacific Ocean
Geographic features Gobi Desert, Rocky Mountains
Streets, highways Park Avenue Connecticut Turnpike
Buildings, bridges, monuments Museum of Modern Art Brooklyn Bridge Washington Monument
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Proper Nouns name other things besides people and
places.
Days, Months Do not capitalize the names of the seasons. Monday, June spring, winter
Organizations, institutions Capitalize the word school, college, or university only if it is part of a proper noun. Peace Corps Dakota State University the college in South Dakota
Languages, people Greek, Asian
Events, Periods French Revolution Stone Age
Documents Mayflower Compact Bill of Rights
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Proper Adjectives are adjectives formed from
proper nouns and must also be capitalized.
Proper Nouns Proper Adjective
Asia Asian countries
France French fries
Olympus Olympic games
Iron Age Iron Age tools
April April showers
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Answer 1-13

1. Dr. Alice Hamilton, New York
2. University of Michigan, March
3. Hamiltons, Dutch, Irish, English
4. Dr. Hamilton, Hull House, Chicago
5. Italian
6. Hamilton, February
7. Miss Porters School, Farmington, Connecticut

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• 8. United States
• 9. Bureau of Labor
• 10. Hamilton, German, British
• 11. European
• 12. Illionois
• 13. Alice, Harvard Medical School