Examples:
The Word doctors is a common noun. Common nouns are not capitalized.
However, if you said Doctor Smith, that is a proper noun. The Word Doctor is capitalized.
The Word avenue is a common noun.
Used in an address, such as Second Avenue, it changes to a proper noun.
I can go to school, used here as a common noun. But I must capitalize it if I wrote the proper name, "I attend First Street High School."
I can tell you I read a book. But if "book" is part of the title of a book, such as "The Book of Spells", it is capitalized.
Other examples of proper nouns:
- all country, state, providence; counties; cities, towns; townships
- a title used before a person's name, such as President Obama. Pope, President, Vice-President, Mayor, Doctor
- titles, movies, books, articles -- except Words in the title like of, a, an, and
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