what are examples of proper nouns
Read the following sentences. Notice the difference between the common and proper nouns. Tina offered Antonio one of her mother's homemade oatmeal cookies but only an Oreo would satisfy his sweet tooth. Cookies = common noun; Oreo = proper noun. Charlie had wanted an easy teacher for his composition class, but he got Mrs. Hacket, whose short temper and unreasonable demands made the semester a torture. Teacher = common noun; Mrs. Hacket = proper noun.