A proper noun is a specific (i.e., not generic) name for a particular person, place, or thing.
😯 Tumblr user is right!
also kind of embarrassed that I had to Google the definition to double check, because:
I’ve been doing a course on “Foundations of Writing”, inspired by the historical school syllabus The Trivium once used across Europe.
It explores the rigid - but generally unwritten - rules of how the English language works, so among them was that definition of when to capitalise words. I found that particular fascinating because when I learned it at school it was just explained as “names of places people or things” which isn’t significantly more simple than the afforementioned, correct definition.
So by that modern-school rule, one would perhaps assume the name of species names (or nationality names) falls under the capitalisation rule - but alas, no!
checks definition of a proper noun
😯 Tumblr user is right!
also kind of embarrassed that I had to Google the definition to double check, because:
I’ve been doing a course on “Foundations of Writing”, inspired by the historical school syllabus The Trivium once used across Europe.
It explores the rigid - but generally unwritten - rules of how the English language works, so among them was that definition of when to capitalise words. I found that particular fascinating because when I learned it at school it was just explained as “names of places people or things” which isn’t significantly more simple than the afforementioned, correct definition.
So by that modern-school rule, one would perhaps assume the name of species names (or nationality names) falls under the capitalisation rule - but alas, no!