comments. Gene Simmons has decided it's time for his children to get out of the nest. However, while for most people in their early twenties that means a cramped share house and a diet Ramen noddles, as the children of a rockstar, Nick and Sophie Simmons will not be getting any roommates any time soon.
Teenager, grandmother, salesclerk, police officer, toddler, manager, window dresser, janitor, shoplifterâall of these people are common. nouns. The important thing to remember is that common nouns are general names. Thus, they. are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title. Proper nouns, those that name specific things, do require capitalization.
A proper noun is the name given to something to make it more specific (e.g., Johnathan, Ollie, London, Monday). Proper nouns are written with capital letters regardless of where they appear in a sentence. Proper nouns contrast with common nouns, which are the words for something (e.g., boy, dog, city, day). Common nouns are written with a capital letter only when they start a sentence. Remember, everything we can see or discuss is represented by a word that names it. That word is called anoun.