Is internet a proper noun

Answer 1

The noun internet (Internet) can be considered a common or a proper noun.

Many people use the noun Internet as a proper noun because it the name of a communications system of which there is currently only one.

Others consider the noun internet a common noun because it is a generic term for many types of communication and interaction functioning through many types of devices.

Note: When the first transcontinental telephone cable was laid in 1914, it was a common noun even when it was the only one. Perhaps a hundred years from now, a system like the internet (Internet) will be obsolete.

Answer 2

The word 'internet' is a common noun, a word for a global electronic network connecting computers around the world.

A collective noun is a word used to group people or things taken together as one whole in a descriptive way. A collective noun is an informal part of speech. There are hundreds of nouns used as standard collective nouns, but any noun that suits the circumstances can be used as a collective noun; for example, an internet of roads, an internet of interstates, an internet of gossips, etc.

Answer 3

The noun 'internet' is a concrete noun as a word for the physical components that run the internet. The internet is the combined function of those things.

Answer 4

Yes, the noun 'internet' is a concrete noun; a word for the communications system that connects computers and computer networks all over the world; a word for a physical system.