A noun is the name of any person, place or thing Proper Nouns A Proper noun always begins with a capital letter It is the individual names While a noun names a person, place, thing, or idea a proper noun gets more specific. It gives us the actual name of the person, place, thing, or idea. The actual names of people are proper nouns. So are the names of states, streets, rivers, oceans, countries, companies, institutions, churches, and more. You can see more specific examples below. eg. Mary, Delhi, Toronto Common Nouns Common nouns are your run-of-the-mill, generic nouns. They name people, places, things or ideas that are not specific. woman, city, dog, shoe Since these nouns are not naming anything specific, they do not need to start with capital letters unless they begin a sentence. A Common noun always begins with a sm...
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