Question

I told Aunt Bess that my brother had won a special award for his research. Which underlined word or words is a proper noun?

Answer 1

I believe it's Aunt Bess

Answer 2

The proper noun in the sentence "I told Aunt Bess that my brother had won a special award for his research," is Aunt Bless.

Proper nouns have two distinct characteristics. They begin with capital letters, no matter in which part they appear within a sentence, and they name specific one-of-a-kind items.

All nouns are words which name places, things, people, animals, and ideas.

In this case, the proper noun refers to the name of a person.