"'''Jesus''' will return to set up His '''kingdom''' on '''Earth'''."
"'''Jesus''' will return to set up His '''kingdom''' on '''Earth'''."
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A proper noun is a noun that is capitalized. Not all, but most, capitalized words are also proper nouns. The most common exception is the word "I" which is a [[pronoun]]. That rule varies from language to language; for example, [[German language|German]] capitalizes all nouns, while many [[writing]] systems have no concept of capitalization.
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A proper noun is a name given to a person, place or company or title. "Jesus" is a propper noun, as is the Book of Genesis. Abraham is a proper noun as is the First United Methodist Church. In English, proper nouns are capitalized. A very clear example of proper nouns vs., common nouns is the word "god". God, the Christian Diety by name is a propper noun and is capped. "god" the concept of diety is not a proper noun. Consider this sentence: "The only true god is God".
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In many languages, nouns have different forms in different [[grammatical case|cases]] to show their relationships to other words in the sentence.
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In English, most, capitalized words are also proper nouns. The most common exception is the word "I" which is a [[pronoun]]. That rule varies from language to language; for example, [[German language|German]] capitalizes all nouns, while many [[writing]] systems have no concept of capitalization.
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In many languages like Russian, Hebrew, Greek and Latin nouns have different forms in different [[grammatical case|cases]] to show their relationships to other words in the sentence.