Nouns are by far the largest category of words in English. They signify all kinds of physical things both living and inanimate. They also signify imagined things like ‘a ghost’; and ideas or ...

A colon is used to give emphasis, present dialogue, introduce lists or text, and clarify composition titles. Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start ...

It also doesn’t work with proper nouns. A noun phrase is simply a phrase that acts like a noun. Instead of just one word, it will include a noun and several words that act to modify it.