Noun Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Proper and common nouns ===<!-- This section is linked from [[Czech language]] --> {{anchor|Proper nouns and common nouns|reason=Old, redundant section heading; has incoming links to it.}} {{main|Proper noun}} A ''proper noun'' (sometimes called a ''proper name'', though the two terms normally have different meanings) is a noun that represents a unique entity (''India'', ''[[Pegasus]]'', ''[[Jupiter]]'', ''[[Confucius]]'', ''[[Pequod (Moby-Dick)|Pequod]]'') β as distinguished from ''common nouns'' (or '''appellative nouns'''), which describe a class of entities (''country'', ''animal'', ''planet'', ''person'', ''ship'').<ref>{{harvnb|Lester|Beason|2005| page = 4}}</ref> In Modern English, most proper nouns β unlike most common nouns β are capitalized regardless of context (''Albania'', ''Newton'', ''Pasteur'', ''America''), as are many of the forms that are derived from them (the common noun in "he's an ''Albanian''"; the adjectival forms in "he's of ''Albanian'' heritage" and "''Newtonian'' physics", but not in "''pasteurized'' milk"; the second verb in "they sought to ''Americanize'' us"). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page