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Proper Nouns In English by Afolearning(m): 5:35am On Feb 13, 2018
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
PROPER NOUNS: USE THEM PROPERLY!!!

Proper nouns, as commonplace as they are, still often pose huge difficulty to learners, students and users of English language in general. Sometimes, it DOESNOT exclude native speakers of English. If you are the one I am talking about, read below.

PROPER NOUNS: USE THEM PROPERLY!!!

Proper nouns NAME SPECIFIC and ONE-OF-A-KIND ITEMS and THEY often START WITH CAPITAL LETTERS no MATTER where THEY OCCUR in a SENTENCE. HERE are examples:

1. For persons e.g. Thomas, Tobi, Susan.

2. For Countries e.g. Nigeria, Cuba, Hungary.

3. For titles e.g. Dr. , Mr. , Mrs. ,General Gowon

4. For Continents e.g. Africa, South America

5. For clubs e.g. Barcelona FC, Arsenal FC

6. for places e.g. Ikeja, Brown Street

7. For Companies e.g Solex Group of Companies

8. For schools e.g. British International School

9. Organisations e.g. World Health Organisation, United Nations

10. For days e.g. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

11. For months e.g. January, May, August

Thanks for reading; you can drop your questions and comments in relation to this topic or you can follow ME AT AFOLEARNING ENGLISH on Instagram and Facebook for more English lessons. Thanks.

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