No, home plate is a common noun, a word for any home plate anywhere.
A common noun becomes a proper noun when it is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title. For example:
common nouns
Plate common noun or proper noun
No
"Park Avenue" is a proper noun, because it is a place. Proper nouns like this should always be capitalized.
Common
It is a proper noun, because it is the name of a specific thing.
proper
Proper noun
Yes, the compound noun 'home plate' is a common noun, a general word for the marker for the batter's position in baseball.
"Park Avenue" is a proper noun, because it is a place. Proper nouns like this should always be capitalized.
Yes, the word 'home' is a common noun, a word for any home of anyone, anywhere. A common noun is capitalized only when it is the first word in a sentence.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example, Mountain Home, TN or The Home Depot, Inc. (retailer).
Common
It is a proper noun, because it is the name of a specific thing.
proper
Proper noun
Yes, the compound noun 'home plate' is a common noun, a general word for a position on a Baseball field where the player stands to hit a ball and a player tries to reach to score; a general word for any home plate on any baseball field.
it's a common noun. a proper noun would be Spider-Man.
Pencil proper or common noun
The noun 'microphone' is a common noun, a general word for any microphone or any kind.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing; for example, Fifine Plug &Play Home Studio USB Condenser Microphone.
Proper noun or common noun