What is a common noun????

Question

I need to know what common noun is CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE! And if you give an example that would be great! Plzze and thnk you.

Answer 1

I believe a common noun is any person, place or thing that isn't capitalized. For example, 'city' is a common noun but 'Rome' is a proper noun.

Answer 2

Common Noun

coffee shop
waiter
jeans
sandwich
chair
arena
country
fire fighter

Proper Noun

Starbucks
Simon
Levi's
Big Mac
Lazy Boy
TD Waterhouse Center
Australia
Captain Richard Orsini

The important thing to remember is that common nouns are general names. Thus, they are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title. Proper nouns, those that name specific things, are the class of nouns that require capitalization.

Answer 3

Like the song says, "A noun's a person, place, or thing".

Seriously, a proper noun would be like "Mr. Jones" or "Hilton". The common noun for the same would be "man" or "hotel".

A proper noun is very specific, while a common noun is not.

Answer 4

All nouns are either common nouns or proper nouns. So a common noun is basically everything that isn't a proper noun.

Common nouns refer to GENERAL things, eg. soft drink, country, person. Proper nouns refer to SPECIFIC things, eg. Pepsi, Brazil, David. Proper nouns are the ones that are usually capitalised.

Answer 5

A common noun is a word that names a person, place or thing, but not a specific one. Lea A explained it well! We capitalize proper nouns (the names of the specific ones, such as Paris, Nikes, President Bush), but common nouns are more general and not capitalized (city, shoes, leader).

Answer 6

a person place or thing that isn't capitalized, I THINK ! Like Sarah is proper noun which is to be proper and science is a common noun because it is common.

Answer 7

a noun that signifies a nonspecific member of group