What is common noun and proper noun?
What is a Common Noun
A noun is a word that names a person, animal, place, thing, or idea. All nouns can be further classified as a proper or common noun. Common nouns are words used to name general items rather than specific ones. Go into your living room. What do you see? A lamp, chair, couch, TV, window, painting, pillow, candle – all of these items are named using common nouns.
Common nouns are everywhere, and you use them all the time, even if you don’t realize it. Wherever you go, you’ll find at least one common noun. Street, closet, bathroom, school, mall, gas station, living room; all of these places are things, and thus they are common nouns.
Common noun:
Common nouns refer to common terms that are used to name common people, places, animals, birds, insects, reptiles, ideas, objects and so on. A common noun is a name for a type of thing, person, species, or etc. which denotes a general name for something. We can simply say a common now is nonspecific
Proper noun:
A proper noun is a name of someone/something which denotes a particular person/thing. It always begins with a capital letter. Proper noun are specific people, places or things
Example of Proper Noun:
Alex is a wonderful player.
He plays for Sydney Sixers.
He was born in England.
He moved to Australia when he was young.
He lives in Sydney.
What is the difference between common and proper nouns?
When we look at the two main types of noun – proper and common – we can differentiate between the two by saying that a common noun is a general way of classifying something, and a proper noun is a specific way of classifying something, So, for example, the word dog is a common noun; but if your dog was called Fido, the word Fido is a proper noun:
Dog = common noun
Dog’s name (Fido, in this case) = proper noun