proper nouns

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Yes. Capitalize days of the week:

  • Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

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kgallandbennett said:
Is Friday a proper noun?
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Yes. Capitalize Friday. It comes from a proper name , Frigga.

Our modern word Friday comes from Old English, frigedæg " meaning, Frigga's day." In the Germanic religion, Frigga was Odin's wife, goddess of heaven and married love.

All of the days of the week come from proper names; that's why they are capitalized.

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Funny name for a married woman. ;-)
 
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Casiopea said:
All of the days of the week come from proper names; that's why they are capitalized.

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What about Sunday? :wink:

English Idioms
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1697

Brief Verse (Couplets)
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1579

Prepositions
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/main/prep.htm

Expressions of Time
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/time.html

Good advice
http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=dictionary&msg=15269.1
 
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