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In English, most capitalized words are also proper nouns or words derived from proper nouns (e.g., the proper noun "America," the [[adjective]] "American," and the [[verb]] "Americanize"). 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.
 
In English, most capitalized words are also proper nouns or words derived from proper nouns (e.g., the proper noun "America," the [[adjective]] "American," and the [[verb]] "Americanize"). 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.
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Most (but not all) languages express [[number (grammar)|number]] in nouns, typically by adding a plural ending.  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.
    
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