A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.
A common noun is a general word for any person, place, or thing.
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing.
Examples of nouns for things are:
common / proper
apple / Mott's Apple Juice
blue / Blue Buffalo Pet Food
chair / The Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
domino / Domino Sugar
egg / Cadbury Creme Egg
fruit / Fruit of the Loom (clothing)
golf / Golf Channel
house / The White House
ivory / Ivory Soap
journal / The Wall Street Journal
kiss / Hershey Kisses
land / Land Rover SUV
moose / Moose International (fraternal organization)
north / "North by Northwest" (1959 Alfred Hitchcock movie)
onion / Lipton Onion Soup Mix
pearl / "Girl With a Pearl Earring" (painting by Johannes Vermeer)
quilt / Quilted Northern (toilet paper)
rose / Red Rose Tea
star / Starbucks Corporation
trust / HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited
utility / Kissimmee Utility Authority (Osceola County, FL)
value / True Value Hardware
wave / Bose Wave Radio
yellow / "Yellow Submarine" (by The Beatles)
zebra / Little Debbie Zebra Cakes
The noun 'badge' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a mark or sign worn to show that a person belongs to a certain group, class, or rank; a word for a thing.
The noun form of the verb to show is the gerund, showing.The word 'show' is also a noun form, a word for an exhibition, display, or performance; a word for a thing.
The noun 'stamp' is a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a small piece of paper that sticks on an envelope or a document to show that a fee or tax has been paid; a device used to imprint on paper or other object; an act of putting your foot down hard; a word for a thing. The noun forms of the verb to stamp are stamper and the gerund, stamping.
The noun 'credit' is a common, abstract noun; a word for a thing.The noun 'credit' is an uncountable noun as a word for an arrangement for deferred payment of a borrowed money or a purchase; an acknowledgement of work performed or an accomplishment.The noun 'credit' is a count noun (credit, credits) as a word for an official certification of the completion of a course of study; an amount of money added to an account (opposite of debit).The plural noun 'credits' is an uncountable, concrete noun as a word for a list of the people involved in making a movie or television show that is shown at the end or beginning of it.The word 'credit' is also a verb: credit, credits, crediting, credited.
Yes, the word 'screen' is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for a device to hide or protect; a network of wire set in a frame used to separate different sized parts or particles; a flat surface on which a picture or series of pictures is projected; a word for a thing.The word screen is also a verb, to guard from injury or damage; to protect or separate; to examine in order to separate; to show a film for review.
The noun 'route' is a common noun, for example, This is the route to Boston. Any common noun becomes a proper noun when it is used for a specific person, place, thing, or a title such as US Route 66 or the TV show 'Route 66'.
Movie is the common noun, the proper noun would be Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Wizard of Oz, etc.
The common noun 'TV show' becomes a proper noun when it is the name of a specific TV show, such as '30 Rock', or the word 'TV show' is used as the specific name or title such as the 'TV Show Digest'.
Oklahoma is a proper noun, as it is the name of a place, and also the name of a show.
American Idol is the name of a show so it is a proper noun.
The noun 'morning' is a common noun; a general word for a period of the day; a general word for any morning.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example:Morning Star Baptist Church in Chicago, IL USAMorning Star Drive, Mississauga, ON, CanadaGood Morning America (TV show)The book 'Joy in the Morning' by P.G. Woodhouse
Yes, the term 'TV show' is a noun; a singular, common, compound noun; a word for a thing.
The compound noun 'cat show' (lower case) is a common noun, a general word for any cat show anywhere.A proper noun is the name of a specific cat show. A proper noun is always capitalized. Examples of proper nouns:The Supreme Cat Show (Governing Council of the Cat Fancy UK)CFA World Championship Cat Show (Cat Fanciers' Association US)
Yes, the noun 'apprentice' is a common noun, a general word for anyone who is learning a trade from a skilled employer.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, "The Celebrity Apprentice" (TV show) or The Apprentice School in Newport News, VA.
Some proper nouns for the common noun 'holiday' are:New Year's DayHoliday on Ice, trademarked name for ice show productions of Stage Entertainment.'Holiday Inn', 1942 with Bing Crosby and Fred AstaireIndependence DayBillie Holiday, singer
The word house is a singular, common, concrete noun.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title such as The White House, House Springs MO, or the TV show 'House' and the lead character, Dr. House.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title. Examples of proper nouns for the common noun price are:Vincent Price, actorPrice Street, Rahway, NJ or Price Road, Milford, OHPrice Rite (supermarkets), headquarters Wethersfield, CT"The Price Is Right", TV game show"The Price of Heaven", 1997 movie with Grant Show, Cicely Tyson