Avoid Noun Mistakes: Tips for Correct Writing
Learn how to avoid common mistakes with nouns in your writing, such as capitalization rules for specific words like names, days of the week, and geographic locations. Improve your writing skills by following these simple guidelines.
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We use nouns all of the time when we write e-mails to friends or papers for class. (For example, there are many nouns in this paragraph). We will look at some mistakes that students frequently make with nouns- and I ll give you some pointers on how to avoid making those mistakes when you write.
We use nouns all of the time when we write e-mails to friends or papers for class. (For example, there are many nouns in this paragraph). We will look at some mistakes that students frequently make with nouns- and I ll give you some pointers on how to avoid making those mistakes when you write.
Person, place, thing, idea , or quality Idea: democracy, truth, illusion, fantasy Quality: beauty, hatred, boredom
Common: begins with a lower case letter Proper: begins with a capital letter Rules for when to capitalize certain words: Names of specific people Caps: Tucker, Tori, Juanita No Caps: family, boy girl, sister, cousin WHAT ABOUT MOM AND DAD? Capitalize them when you re calling your parent s name but not when you refer to them as my mom or my dad
Days of the week, months, and holidays, but not seasons Caps: Monday, December, Passover, Easter No Caps: autumn, fall, spring, winter Ranks and titles, but only when used with a particular person s name Caps: This is Doctor Smith and this is Aunt Anne. No Caps: That man is my doctor and that woman is my aunt. Specific geographic areas: cities, states, countries, counties, rivers, oceans, streets, parks, etc. Caps: North Dakota, Ohio River, Atlantic Ocean No Caps: The ocean is deep. Regions of the U.S., but not simple directions Caps: I was born in the Midwest, but I grew up in the North. No Caps: I live on the north side of town.
Historical periods Caps: the Renaissance, World War II, the Middle Ages No Caps: It was a long war. We live in the age of computers. Religions, nationalities, races of people, languages, countries Various names for God and the names of sacred books Caps: God, Jehovah, Allah, the Bible, the Koran No Caps: There are many gods and goddesses in The Odyssey Specific school courses, but not general subjects Caps: I am taking Algebra 101. No Caps: I am taking algebra and history. Names of specific schools, businesses, buildings, organizations, etc. Caps: Apple Computer, Western Sierra Collegiate Academy No Caps: I want a new computer. That building is the middle school.
Brand names Names of planets, but not sun and moon and sometimes not earth Caps: Jupiter, Mars, Venus No Caps: The moon is bright tonight. More than six billion people live on the earth. Letters that stand alone T-shirt, X-ray Names of specific teams and clubs and their members Caps: the Atlanta Braves, the Republican Party No Caps: I play on a baseball team Titles of movies, books, chapters, and articles
Possessive: shows ownership (Mr. Odells wrath, dog s toy, sun s beauty) Concrete: You can experience this group of nouns and you see them and feel them (tangible). Abstract: You cannot experience abstract nouns (disapproval, anger, hope, sweetness).
Turn to the person sitting next to you and create two sentences using all of the types of nouns in each one. Make sure the sentences are challenging because you will be giving them to another partnership to figure out.
A common, abstract noun A possessive, proper noun A common, concrete noun Another abstract noun
A possessive, common noun A common noun that is commonly mistaken for a proper noun Write out a noun and, next to it, write out the type
