Proper nouns name a particular person, place, or thing. Some suitable nouns are: Noah Webster, North AmericaAnd Statue of Liberty.
A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing (as well as a quality, idea, or action), but it does not give it a name. Some common nouns are: Writer, continentAnd statue.
Proper nouns are always capitalized.
What is a noun?
Nouns are words that refer to people, places, or things, as well as quality, ideas, or actions. They can be made up of many words.
Proper Noun vs Common Noun
Proper nouns are nouns that actually name one of the things the noun refers to. Because their names are always capitalized:
Noah Webster
Aunt Betty
Harry the dog
Chicago
Africa
Jupiter
Lake Erie
National radio station
Proper nouns of places or things are usually preceded by . theNot capitalized:
Atlantic
US Constitution
Common nouns are all other nouns:
dictionary
family member
dog
city
water source
Radio
appease
Justice
Distinguish between proper and common nouns
Sometimes a common noun refers to a specific person, place, or thing, but doesn’t actually name it.
Common noun
president of the university
who helped us the other day
the highest peak on that continent
my favorite dictionary publisher
Proper noun
President Jones
Jack and Jill
denali
Merriam-Webster
Can a noun be both?
Some nouns can function as both common and proper nouns. For example:
seeds planted in warm brown soil on one of the earth’s farms
former mayor will introduce Mayor Smith
Lakes of the area including Lake Erie
What happened to the seasons?
The days of the week and the months of the year are treated as proper nouns and are therefore capitalized:
Sunday
July
Seasons are considered common nouns and are therefore not capitalized unless they are in the title, as in the name of an event:
summer vacation
The school’s annual Spring Fling
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