proper noun
It's a Proper noun
The noun 'uncle' is a common noun, a general word for a male relative.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Examples of proper nouns for the common noun 'uncle' are the names of specific uncles such as Uncle Bill or Uncle Walter; or more well known uncles such as Uncle Sam (wartime symbol of the US) and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (classic novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe).
No, the noun "uncle" is a common noun, a general word for a male relative.A proper noun is the name of a specific uncle, for example, "Uncle Leo is crazy."Used as, "My older uncle, Leo, is crazy," then it remains a common noun.
No, the common noun 'uncle' becomes a proper noun when it is the title of a specific uncle. Examples: common noun: My uncle invited me to go fishing. proper noun: My Uncle Jack invited me to go fishing.
Uncle John is a singular, proper, concrete, noun
The noun 'Joseph' is a singular, proper noun; the name of a person.
There is no appositive in the sentence given.An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun or pronoun just before it.An appositive is set off in a sentence with a comma before and after it.Examples of the sentence with appositive are:My uncle, Joe, bought a dozen tulips.The noun 'Joe' renames the noun phrase 'My uncle'.My Uncle Joe, a friendly fellow, bought a dozen tulips.The noun phrase 'a friendly fellow' renames the noun phrase 'my Uncle Joe'.The man, my Uncle Joe, bought a dozen tulips.The noun phrase 'my Uncle Joe' renames the noun phrase 'the man'.Note: The only other noun (tulips) or noun phrase (a dozen tulips) in the sentence is the direct object of the verb 'bought'. When a noun or noun phrase follows a direct object to rename it, it's called an object complement.Example: My Uncle Joe bought a dozen tulips, yellow ones.
Uncle John is a singular, proper, concrete, noun
The term 'Uncle Charlie' is a propernoun, the name of a specific person (real or fictional). A proper noun is always capitalized.
No, "uncle" is a common noun when used by itself. It only becomes a proper noun if used as a title or part of a specific name, as in "Uncle Leo is crazy." If you write, "My older uncle, Leo, is crazy," then it remains a common noun.
The appositive in the sentence is "Joe," which renames or explains the noun "uncle."
Proper noun.
As it is the name of a specific person, it is a proper noun.