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Abstract nouns can be common or proper nouns. Whether a noun is abstract or concrete is determined by its definition or its use, not whether it is common or proper.

  • A common noun is a word for any person, place, or thing.
  • A proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or a title.
  • A concrete noun is a word for something that can be experienced by any of the five physical senses; something that can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched.
  • An abstract noun is a word for something that can not be experienced by any of the five physical senses; it is something that is known, thought, believed, understood, or learned, felt emotionally.

Examples:

  • Common, concrete noun: sandwich
  • Common, abstract noun: peace
  • Proper, concrete noun: Big Mac
  • Proper, abstract noun: 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy
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