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[Anonymous]

What kind of nouns need to be capitalized? :

[RonBee]

Proper nouns are capitalized. Proper nouns are nouns that name particular things. Names of people are proper nouns. Names of places are proper nouns. Names of monuments are proper nouns. Names of buildings are proper nouns. Names of specific geographical features are proper nouns. Names of cities and towns and countries, etc. are proper nouns. Brand names are proper nouns.

Examples of proper nouns:

• The Empire State Building
  The Chrysler Building
  The Washington Monument
  The Mississippi River
  The Nile (River)
  The Amazon (River)
  Mount Fuji
  Mount McKinley
  Mount Everest
  K2 (Mountain)
  The Sahara
  The Gobi Desert
  Ernest Hemingway
  Albert Einstein
  Ronald Reagan
  Germany
  France
  Russia
  China
  Los Angeles, California (USA)
  New York, New York (USA)
  Saint Louis, Missouri (USA)
  Chicago, Illinois (USA)
  Kenya
  Saudi Arabia
  The Rio Grande (River)
  Mexico
  Sony
  McDonalds
  Coca Cola