Business English: A Practice Book by Rose Buhlig

THE NOUN AND THE PRONOUN FOR the plural of nouns see Chapter III. The classes to which nouns belong are distinguished as follows: A _common_ noun is the name given to an object to denote the class to which it belongs; as, _book_, _man_. A _proper_ noun is the name given to a particular object to distinguish it from others of the same class; as, _Mary_, _Republicans_, _England_. Proper nouns should always be capitalized. A _collective_ noun is a name which in the singular denotes a collection. It is usually plural in idea but singular in use; as, _congregation_, _crowd_. An _abstract_ noun is the name denoting a quality of an object; as, _power_, _purity_, _strength_. A _verbal_ noun is the name of an action. As its name suggests, it is made from a verb; as, _Sweeping_ is good exercise. =Exercise 75= In the following sentences supply necessary capital letters. Explain why the same word in one expression needs a capital and in another does not.