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For comparison, Otter returned a document with three errors related to proper nouns and place names but many more errors in punctuation.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Zoom in: Here's the Richmond-correct way to say some of our weirdest proper nouns.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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What’s perhaps most beautiful (in addition to learning that the collective noun for butterflies is a kaleidoscope)?—
Longreads,
Longreads,
1 Mar. 2024
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What is the collective noun for queens? Imelda Staunton's Elizabeth II is joined by younger versions of herself, played by Claire Foy and Olivia Colman, on the series finale of The Crown, which is now streaming on Netflix.—
Clark Collis,
EW.com,
14 Dec. 2023
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Jacob believed that the capitalization of common nouns was an inorganic import and did away with it, a choice that inspired parodies in the German press.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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But perhaps even worse is the alternate fashion of just using common nouns as names, for example, Rust, Ruby, and Scheme.—
Stephen Cass,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Sep. 2023
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“Count noun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/count%20noun. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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