By Determiners, Capital letters

Hi, According to the Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary, N-PROPER, which I think means (notes) "Proper Noun", is noted as follows: A proper noun refers to one person, place, thing or institution, and begins with a capital letter. Many proper nouns are used without a...

Hi, I've gone through the first paragraph for you and highlighted problems in the rest. Your main difficulty seems to be the use of singular/plural, verb tenses and knowing when you need a determiner. There are other errors as well though. Once again, NO CAPITAL LETTER AFTER COMMAS! Nicely...

Thank you. I looked up the dictionary again after seeing your reply and found this: 5, DET You use no to mean not any or not one personor thing. He had no intention of paying the cash. And it has the word in big capital letters as a DETERMINER and my question is why a determiner in front of ...

Hello guys OED says about "proper noun" in the entry of "proper" as below. I think it is very close to Mr P's opinion. Unlike Webster and Heritage it doesn't mention anything about its relation to determiners. Personally I like the definition by Mill which is quoted last below. proper (Mill)...

Hi Eladio. Ease up on the capital letters, will you?-- they should be placed only at the beginning of sentences and proper nouns. (1) 'Every parent worries about their children' is right for the reason you give, but questionable as formal English according to some: 'parent' is singular. ...