WEBVTT 00:00.840 --> 00:04.470 Hello welcome to this tutorial. 00:04.470 --> 00:07.800 Today we are going to talk about proper nouns 00:12.070 --> 00:13.340 now and known. 00:13.360 --> 00:19.240 It's a word used to identify people places or things. 00:19.240 --> 00:28.330 These kinds of nouns are called common nouns for and noun is a word used to name a particular one of 00:28.330 --> 00:32.970 these and those kinds of nouns are called proper nouns. 00:33.160 --> 00:39.930 For example in the sentence we have you can buy coffee at Starbucks. 00:39.940 --> 00:50.120 Now the word Starbucks is a proper noun cause it is a word used to name a particular place Starbucks 00:51.700 --> 00:52.700 on the other hand. 00:52.760 --> 01:04.980 The word coffee is a common noun cause it is a word used to identify a thing now a proper noun is a 01:04.980 --> 01:15.990 noun that refers to a unique thing such as names names of cities planets corporations etc. But a common 01:15.990 --> 01:28.160 noun usually refers to a class of things for example London is the capital of Great Britain London name 01:28.160 --> 01:39.430 of a city Great Britain name of a country also note that proper nouns are unique names and so they are 01:39.520 --> 01:40.600 capitalized. 01:41.110 --> 01:52.250 So for example here we have Olivia wants to travel around Europe next year the word Olivia is a unique 01:52.250 --> 02:00.260 name so it's capitalized the scene with the word Europe. 02:00.290 --> 02:09.380 We should also capitalize proper nouns that are names of festivals for example Christmas and Thanksgiving 02:09.650 --> 02:12.740 are my two favorite holidays. 02:12.740 --> 02:21.770 Now the proper nouns Christmas and Thanksgiving are names of festivals and so they should be capitalized 02:23.100 --> 02:28.230 should also capitalize the name of a person's title. 02:28.230 --> 02:35.250 For example everything depends on President Trump and his decision proper now. 02:35.330 --> 02:44.780 President is the title of Trump so it should be capitalized. 02:44.840 --> 02:53.560 Also we should capitalize the names of books films please and paintings. 02:53.690 --> 03:02.120 We use capital letters for the nouns adjectives and verbs in the titles. 03:02.160 --> 03:13.200 For example I've just finished reading the Old Man and the sea the old man and the sea is the title 03:13.590 --> 03:14.820 of the book. 03:14.940 --> 03:16.650 I've just finished reading 03:19.630 --> 03:20.290 now. 03:20.320 --> 03:27.610 Sometimes we use a person's name to refer to something they have created. 03:27.610 --> 03:38.790 For example we weren't listening to Mozart the other day I'm reading and I was murdered. 03:39.130 --> 03:39.580 Now 03:44.170 --> 03:55.090 now when you use a word about a family member for example mom dad uncle capitalize it only if the word 03:55.090 --> 04:00.520 is being used exactly as you would use a name. 04:00.610 --> 04:11.460 In other words if you were addressing the person directly if the word is not being used as a name it's 04:11.470 --> 04:20.780 not capitalized have for example in the sentence we have please ask Dad if you can buy wine on his way 04:20.780 --> 04:21.830 home. 04:21.980 --> 04:33.080 The word Dad is used to address the person directly so it's capitalized and in the sentence is your 04:33.080 --> 04:35.460 dad coming over for dinner. 04:36.090 --> 04:45.230 The word Dad is not capitalized because it's not being used as a name. 04:45.450 --> 04:53.490 Now when ever you see a capitalized word question whether or not it is a proper noun. 04:53.640 --> 05:02.360 Make sure that the capitalized word is in fact and known as there are also proper adjectives. 05:02.640 --> 05:09.920 For example in the sentence we have Asia is one of the continents of the world. 05:10.290 --> 05:16.440 The word Asia is the name of the continent. 05:16.440 --> 05:21.490 So it's a proper noun and in the sentence we have. 05:21.490 --> 05:24.790 I do really like Asian food. 05:24.790 --> 05:28.820 The word Asian is a proper adjective. 05:29.080 --> 05:32.580 It is a word used to describe the noun food.