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A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person (real or fictional), place, or thing.
Examples of proper nouns are:
- Harry Potter, the name of a character in novels by J.K. Rowling;
- "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", a book title;
- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", a movie title;
- World of Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit, a licensed game.
A common noun is a general word for any person, place or thing.
Examples of common nouns for the proper noun Harry Potter are:
- boy
- character
- wizard
- student
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Mickey Mouse proper or common noun?
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Does Superman have to be capitalized?
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What is distinctive about proper nouns?
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What do common and proper nouns?
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Is Park Avenue a common or proper noun?
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Use of proper nouns and common noun?
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is a bag common nouns or proper nouns?
common
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Proper noun
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Where going to use proper nouns and to use common nouns?
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Common.
