A noun is a word that generally functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, or ideas.​

What is it?​

• Riga city

• my house

• the park ​

• a shop

• the museum ​

​example of places:

• Albert Einstein​

• the president​

• my mother​

• a girl

• an artist ​

​example of people:

Can name a person or a place.

• ​shoe

• faucet

• ​​freedom

• ​The Elder Wand

• ​basketball

example:​

Nouns can also name things, although sometimes they might be intangible things, such as concepts, activities, or processes. Some might even be hypothetical or imaginary things

Can name things.

One important distinction to be made is whether a noun is a proper noun or a common noun. A proper noun is a specific name of a person, place, or thing, and is always capitalized.​

Proper noun​

​Common noun

The opposite of a proper noun is a common noun, sometimes known as a generic noun. A common noun is the generic name of an item in a class or group and is not capitalized unless appearing at the beginning of a sentence or in a title.​

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