Assertion: proper noun's noun | /r/UsedFor | refer to place
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text: The difference between a proper noun and a regular or common noun — aside from capitalization — is that proper nouns refer to a specific person, place, or thing rather than a general category.
text: A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing but is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing.
text: If the noun is nonspecific, that is, the noun refers to a general idea and not a specific person, place, or thing, it is usually not a proper noun, so it
text: A common noun refers to a generic person, place, or thing: teacher, classroom, smartphone.
text: A proper noun refers to a specific person, place, organization, etc.
text: A common noun refers to a generic person, place, or thing: teacher, classroom, smartphone.
text: A proper noun, meanwhile, is a noun that refers to a specific person, place, or thing, such as Lady Gaga, Monongahela River, and iPad.
text: These include proper nouns, which refer to a specific person, place, or thing, and are indicated in English by a capital first letter, such as Nancy or Los Angeles; concrete nouns, which are nouns that describe a tangible object or person, such as the dog; abstract nouns, which describe anything that cannot be perceived using the five senses, such as love; countable nouns, which are nouns that may be pluralized, such as chairs; non-countable nouns, which are nouns that have no plural, such as bedding; and collective nouns, which describe a group of another noun, such as a murder of crows.
text: A proper noun is a type of noun that refers to a specific person, place, or thing (Evelyn, Cairo, Saturday, etc.)refer to classes of things (cat, trash, stone, etc.) rather than particular ones.
text: Common nouns can refer to any person, place, or thing.
text: A proper noun is a noun referring to a particular person, place or thing, e.g. David, London, Wednesday.
text: The difference is that nouns like city, book, and dog could be referring to multiple different things, places, or animals.
text: Proper nouns are nouns that refer to specific people, places or things.
text: Proper nouns refer to important names or places and give you a feeling of specialty.
text: Traditionally, we are taught that nouns are words that refer to people, places, things, or ideas.
text: Proper nouns are nouns that refer to specific people, places or things.