nouns

Different types of nouns

1) common nouns

Common nouns are nonspecific. They refer to a broad class of people, places, or things (like the generic coffee), so they’re not capitalized.

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·        common nouns:

house, cat, girl, foot, country

Some nouns can be either proper or common depending on the context. For example, a canyon is common, while the Grand Canyon is proper because it’s the name of a specific place.

2) proper nouns

Proper nouns help distinguish a specific person, place, or thing. These words should be capitalized. Some examples are brand names like Starbucks and personal names like Jenny.

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proper nouns: Spain, Fido, Sony

One way you can treat a common noun as a proper noun is by using personification. An example of this is in the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson: – Here, the poet talks about death as if this concept is a person.