NOUNS

Sort these words into two categories of proper nouns and common nouns. Be sure to write capital letters for the proper nouns. river thanksgiving Dr. Azucena canoe things cholula pyramid atoyac river puebla ocean teacher buffalo pacific ocean Sarah parents tree american school

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A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we assume, can be named, and that name is a noun. In this English grammar lesson, Mrs. Santha A.Kumar explains about the different forms of noun.

Types of Nouns There are several ways to classify the types of nouns that exist in the English language. In traditional grammar, nouns are taught to be words that refer to people, places, things, or abstract ideas. While modern linguistics find this definition to be problematic because it relies on non-specific nouns such as thing to specifically define what a noun is, much of our social understanding of what nouns are defers tothe traditional definition. Proper Nouns Proper nouns are nouns that refer to specific entities. Writers of English capitalize proper nouns like Nebraska, Steve, Harvard , or White House to show their distinction from common nouns. Common Nouns Common nouns refer to general, unspecific categories of entities. Whereas Nebraska is a proper noun because it signifies a specific state, the word state itself is a common noun because it can refer to any of the 50 states in the United States. Harvard refers to a particular institution of higher learning, w