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A noun is a word for a person, place, thing or an abstract idea:

A common noun is a general word for any person, place, thing, or idea.

EXAMPLES

person: girl, shopkeeper, truck driver, sculptor, teacher, uncle, musician

place: continent, ocean, country, state, mountain range, wildlife preserve, park

thing: dog, cookie, computer, water, shoes, banana, street, moth, skyscraper

abstract idea: happiness, fun, forgiveness, hatred, independence, knowledge

A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title. Proper nouns always have the first letter of each word capitalized.

EXAMPLES

person: Ben, Mike, Helen, Josie, Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Marge Simpson

place: Melbourne, Mexico, Gold Coast, the Rocky Mountains, the Nile Delta

thing: The Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Everest, Eiffel Tower, Queen Mary 2, Oreo Cookie

title: Mayor of Cincinnati, War and Peace by Tolstoy, "Let It Be" (Beatles), Magna Carta (1215)

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