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No, Grand Canyon is a proper noun; it is the name of a specific place, names are always proper nouns. A proper noun is always capitalized.
"Park Avenue" is a proper noun, because it is a place. Proper nouns like this should always be capitalized.
No, "canyon" is a common noun. A proper noun would be a specific name given to a canyon, such as "Grand Canyon" or "Bryce Canyon."
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It is a proper noun, because it is the name of a specific thing.
No, the word "canyon" is not a proper noun. It is a common noun used to refer to a deep gorge typically with a river flowing through it.
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it's a common noun. a proper noun would be Spider-Man.
Pencil proper or common noun
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The noun 'mouth' is a common noun, a general word for the opening through which a human or an animal eats and breathes; a general word for an opening in an inanimate object.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, Mouth Foods, Inc. in Brooklyn NY or Old Mouth Road in Marshfield MA.The word 'mouth' is also a verb: mouth, mouths, mouthing, mouthed.