Common and Proper Nouns

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What is a noun?

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A noun is a person, place, or thing.

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a general name for a person, place, or thing (e.g., city, dog, teacher).

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a specific name for a person, place, or thing and is always capitalized (e.g., New York, Fido, Ms. Smith).

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Is 'Wawa' a common noun or a proper noun?

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Proper noun.

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Is 'beach' a common noun or a proper noun?

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Common noun.

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Is 'Hawaii' a common noun or a proper noun?

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Proper noun.

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Is 'alarm clock' a common noun or a proper noun?

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Common noun.

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Give an example of a common noun.

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Examples include 'car', 'school', 'apple'.

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Give an example of a proper noun.

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Examples include 'Eiffel Tower', 'Harry Potter', 'Amazon River'.

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What do we capitalize in writing?

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We capitalize proper nouns.