Proper noun is a special name for a person, place, organization, day, month and so on. It is written / spelled with the beginning of uppercase letters.
Look at the following examples,
Common Noun | Proper Noun |
People | John, George, Juliet |
Places | Downing Street, Sahara Desert |
Things | Financial Times |
Organizations | United Nations, International Labor Organization, Red Brigades |
Animals | King Kong, Lassie |
Days | Saturday, Sunday |
Months | April, May, June |
We can treat Proper noun.
For example, a person’s name, just take it as an example of John. Maybe, initially some of you consider that the plural of people’s names is strange, i.e. suppose there are two people named John in one class. So actually we can make it Johns.
Examples of sentences are:
There are two Johns in my class.
(there are two Johns in my class )
We can also add “the”, “an”, or “a” to proper noun under certain conditions. Suppose you are a resident of London. According to your observation, London in the past was still very quiet. However, now you see that London is crowded or not quiet anymore. That means there are two London, namely London past, and London today. Then you conclude that the current London is no longer the London you occupied first. Examples of sentences are:
This is the longer the London I used to live in.
(this is no longer London that I used to live in)
Proper Nouns List
Here is the list of some proper nouns, highlighted against common nouns.
Teacher | Mr. Johnson |
Student | Alisa, Elizabeth, Williams |
Holidays | New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day. |
Newspapers | the Daily Telegraph, the Wall Street Journal |
City | Tokyo, Austin, Boston |
Countries | Japan, Austria, Norway |
States | New Jersey, California |
Banks | Corporation Bank, People’s Bank of China |
Hotels | Sheza Inn, Hotel Executive House |
Restaurants | Party Foul, Life of Pie |
Organizations | United Nations, World Health Organization |
Parks | National Park, Shah Shams Park |
Places | Fifth Avenue, Fiji Islands |
Continents | Africa, Australia, Asia, North America |
Oceans | Caspian Sea, North Sea, Read Sea |