What is noun common?

Answer 1

A noun is a word used as the name of a person, animal, thing, place or quality, or a collection of these. Nouns can be broken down into four, main (overlapping) groups: proper nouns, common nouns, concrete nouns and abstract nouns.

Common nouns refer to ordinary, everyday things, e.g. The fat cat sat on the mat; my friend loves ice-cream; my brother went to university.

Proper nouns refer to specific things that are unique or have names. Proper nouns begin with capital letters, e.g. John lives in London; in 2009 Christmas falls on a Friday; the Romans helped spread Christianity.

Concrete nouns refer to things you can experience with at least one of your senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell). Most nouns are concrete nouns, e.g. the ice melted in the glass; the puppy ran around the yard; the thunder echoed through the valley.

Abstract nouns refer to things you cannot experience with your senses. Sometimes abstract nouns are called "idea nouns", e.g. curiosity killed the cat, the importance of being earnest, honesty is the best policy.

Most nouns (with very few exceptions, e.g. there is only one God but many gods) can used in their singular or plural forms depending on the context of the sentence.

Answer 2

A common noun is a word for any person, place, or thing. Examples:

1. airplane
2. buffalo
3. cabbage
4. danger
5. eagle
6. fortune
7. gold
8. honey
9. ice
10. justice
11. knowledge
12. lunch
13. mother
14. nose
15. onion
16. potato
17. queen
18. rose
19. station
20. town
21. urgency
22. value
23. water
24. xenon
25. yellow
26. zipper

Answer 3

A noun is a word a person, place or thing.

A common noun is a word for any person, place, or thing. A common noun is capitalized only when it is the first word in a sentence.

A proper noun is the name of a person, place, or thing. A proper noun is always capitalized.

Examples:

A common noun: The boy ran to school.

Proper noun: Kyle ran to school.

A common noun: She lives on a street.

Proper noun: She lives on Spooner Street.