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No, the noun dinosaur is a common noun, a word for any kind of dinosaur anywhere.

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing; for example:

  • Dino, Fred Flinstone's pet dinosaur
  • Rex, character in the movie "Toy Story"
  • Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
  • Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Syracuse, NY
  • "Dinosaur Lake", a novel by Kathryn Meyer Griffith
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Is dinosaur national monument a proper pronoun?

No, Dinosaur National Monument is a noun, a proper noun, the name of a specific place on the Colorado Utah border. A proper noun is always capitalized.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. The pronoun that takes the place of the noun Dinosaur National Monument is 'it'.Example: We visited the Dinosaur National Monument on our trip. It contains many dinosaur fossils.


Dinosaur is common or proper noun?

Proper


Is dinosaur a common noun?

Yes, dinosaur is a common noun, a general word for any dinosaur of any kind.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:Aladar, lead character in the 2000 Disney Movie 'Dinosaur'Dinosaur, CO (pop. 320)Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, New York, NY'The Dinosaur Hunter', a novel by Homer Hickam


When do you capitalize a dinosaur name?

A generic dinosaur is uncapitaized, such as "brontosaurus." The only time to capitalize a dinosaur is if it had a proper name (such as "Jack the brontosaurus") or if it was named after a particular person or place (like "Piltdown Man").If you are referring to a dinosaur using the proper binomial naming system used in science then there are a few rules to follow. The genus name comes first and is always capitalized. The species name comes second and is never capitalized and both names are italicized. As in the example Tyrannosaurus rex.


What is a micropachycephalosaurus?

its a dinosaur it is the dinosaur with the longest name ever


How big is the biggest dinosaur name?

The largest dinosaur name is Micropachycepahalosaurus. The shortest is Minmi.


What is the Name of an abipedal dinosaur which is semi-aquatic?

Name of this semi-aquatic dinosaur is:- hadrosaur


What is dinosaur in Filipino?

we don't have any filipino name for dinosaur so it's just dinosaur


The dinosaurs name should be george what is the possessive noun?

There is no possessive noun in the example sentence.A possessive noun is indicated by an apostrophe s ('s) or just and apostrophe (') added to the end of the noun.The noun "dinosaurs" is the plural form of the noun "dinosaur'The sentence with the correct possessive form is:The dinosaur's name should be George.Note: The noun "George" is a proper noun, a name for the dinosaur. A proper noun is always capitalized.


Is Eubrontes a dinosaur?

Eubrontes is the name of a fossil footprint that is made by a theropod dinosaur. So while it is not a dinosaur itself, it was made by a dinosaur.


When using the word dinosaur mid sentence should it have a capital?

A generic dinosaur is uncapitaized, such as "brontosaurus." The only time to capitalize a dinosaur is if it had a proper name (such as "Jack the brontosaurus") or if it was named after a particular person or place (like "Piltdown Man").If you are referring to a dinosaur using the proper binomial naming system used in science then there are a few rules to follow. The genus name comes first and is always capitalized. The species name comes second and is never capitalized and both names are italicized. As in the example Tyrannosaurus rex.


Was Godzillasaurus a dinosaur?

No, but there is a dinosaur named Gojirasaurus, for Godzilla's Japanese name.