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That was an easy read, wasn’t it? I could almost hear your well-paced reading voice. Every full stop and capital letter served as navigation points to help you breathe normally and decide how to best use your voice.

A PROPER NAME starts with a capital letter.

‘Proper’ means correct. It also means unique, one that everyone recognises.

You certainly do, Zed. A proper name is one that refers to a particular person (or robot), place, event or institution. Zed, Emma Brown, Mr Spencer, Portugal, Manchester United and Easter are all proper names.

Sometimes I wake up grumpy. Other times I let her sleep.

STOP AND THINK

What’s my pet’s name?

I promise there is a hamster in the sentence above. Have you noticed anything unusual about the word ‘grumpy’? We usually associate it with feeling grumpy. Here, it’s a proper name and needs a capital letter.

I HAVE A PROPER NAME