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“Proper and Common nouns.”
Proper Noun
So what exactly is a "proper noun"?
A proper noun is a *unique identifier.
The name of a person, place or thing.
A person
A place
A thing
Stephan
Shareffa
David
Eileen
Portrush
Antrim
Ulster
Ireland
Honda
Lego
Snickers
Weetabix
Things to remember
A proper noun is always written with a capital letter
A proper noun is primarily used to distinguish something, therefore the use of a plural is very rare.
Common Noun
Common nouns are generic names
A common noun is a ^unique descriptor.
A person
A place
A thing
boy
girl
Man
Woman
town
county
province
country
car
toy
candy
cereal
Things to remember
A common noun will help describe a proper noun.
If a common noun is also a countable noun, then the common noun becomes plural when there is more than one
When a proper noun is tied to a common noun the capital letter of the proper noun must be also applied to the common noun.
We live in County Antrim.
Using common nouns as descriptors will provide more information
David is a man.
The woman is called Eileen.
When a proper noun is tied to a common noun the capital letter of the proper noun must be also applied to the common noun.
Identifier:
*Unique; A word, in and to itself, unique. proper nouns.
**General; A word that can represent a "unique identifier" without the need of a "determiner" e.g. a, the, every. pronouns.
Descriptor:
^Unique; A word that is used as an introduction to help define a "unique identifier" or a "general identifier". common nouns.
^^General; A word that is used to define things made from matter. concrete nouns.
^^^intangible; A word is used to define things absent of matter. abstract nouns.
