Because nouns are a large class of words and they are used to name a person, place, thing, quality, or action and can function as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or an appositive.
So it is hard to have a conversation with out using a noun, common or proper.
Canadians are stereotypically polite. They are always portrayed as using all of the proper greetings, graciously thanking others and wishing the person well when the conversation is finished.
I had a conversation with your mother this morning.
"Mum" is a common noun when used generically to refer to any mother. It becomes a proper noun when used as a specific name or title for someone's mother. For example, saying "my Mum" is using it as a proper noun.
The term African American is a compound, proper noun, a word for a specific group of people. The plural noun, intellectuals is a common noun. The proper noun African American is a 'noun used as an adjective' to describe the common noun intellectuals. Using a proper adjective or a proper noun to describe a common noun does not change the common noun into a proper noun; for example McDonald's fries, the noun fries is still a common noun; or for Shakespearean character, the noun character is still a common noun.
Proper nouns are names. Unless you know a person or place named Pigeon, it's a common noun. Pigeon Forge, for example, is a proper noun using the word pigeon.
If I'm correct then marshmallow is a common noun like, I love to eat marshmallows. It would be proper if using the name of marshmallows like, these are Jet Puffe d Marshmallows.
Always put a capital letter on a proper noun
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place or thing. Write your paragraph without using names. For example, this short paragraph uses no proper nouns. All of the nouns in this paragraph are common nouns.
"Jill, can you go start the car, out in the garage?" asked Bill. Jill and Bill are proper nouns. Places, names, and some things are proper nouns. Car and garage, and mundane things like this, are common nouns.
Let us steer the conversation to happier times of our lives.
List of proper ways of using computers?
The noun 'Filipino' is a proper noun, a word for a person of or from the Philippines.The word 'Filipino' is also a proper adjective, a word used to describe a noun as of or from the Philippines.