[ZinGirl]

Toni Morrison is a proper noun

doesn't sound to me like Toni Morrison was a proper ANYTHING. (see post #52)....sorry, can't come up with the Latin version!

[Right Wing Professor]

doesn't sound to me like Toni Morrison was a proper ANYTHING

A proper fraud. I tried once to read 'The bluest eyes' . I couldn't make it past the third page, which is a record for me; I can generally make it past the tenth page, no batter how awful the book.

[daylate-dollarshort]

Toni Morrison is an proper noun. Toni Morrison's is an adjective!