Common and proper nouns

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Common and proper nouns

[Voiceover] Hello, grammarians.

I'd like to bring up the idea of the difference between a common and a proper noun.

So the difference between a common and a proper noun is simply the difference between something with a name and a more generic version of that thing.

I'll give you a couple of examples right off the bat.

So speaking generally, I am from a city.

The specific city that I'm from is Chicago.

I could talk about a frog generally, but if I were speaking of a specific frog, I would say Kermit.

The difference between a common and a proper noun is merely the difference between a general thing, so this side is more general, and a specific thing.

It's a continuum.

So if you are speaking of, let's see, a river, any old river, that's a common noun, but if you're talking about a specific river, and it's a named river here, that would be the Nile, say.

You could talk about a mountain, and that would be a common noun, because there are many mountains, but if you wanted to talk about a specific mountain, say Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, that's a proper noun.

So here are the properties of proper nouns.

Proper nouns are always capitalized.

And that means that instead of using a little letter A like that, you would instead use a big letter A like that.

Common nouns are only capitalized if you find them at the beginning of sentences.

So you might say, "Mountains are my favorite."

But you would also say, "Kilimanjaro is my favorite mountain."

And that is a lowercase, non-capitalized M, as opposed to this one, which is uppercase.

So that's the difference between common and proper nouns.

If you're talking about something general, it's a common noun.

If you're talking about something specific, it's a proper noun, and the difference between them is that you capitalize a proper noun.

You can learn anything. David out.

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Common and proper nouns발음듣기

[Voiceover] Hello, grammarians.발음듣기

I'd like to bring up the idea of the difference between a common and a proper noun.발음듣기

So the difference between a common and a proper noun is simply the difference between something with a name and a more generic version of that thing.발음듣기

I'll give you a couple of examples right off the bat.발음듣기

So speaking generally, I am from a city.발음듣기

The specific city that I'm from is Chicago.발음듣기

I could talk about a frog generally, but if I were speaking of a specific frog, I would say Kermit.발음듣기

The difference between a common and a proper noun is merely the difference between a general thing, so this side is more general, and a specific thing.발음듣기

It's a continuum.발음듣기

So if you are speaking of, let's see, a river, any old river, that's a common noun, but if you're talking about a specific river, and it's a named river here, that would be the Nile, say.발음듣기

You could talk about a mountain, and that would be a common noun, because there are many mountains, but if you wanted to talk about a specific mountain, say Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, that's a proper noun.발음듣기

So here are the properties of proper nouns.발음듣기

Proper nouns are always capitalized.발음듣기

And that means that instead of using a little letter A like that, you would instead use a big letter A like that.발음듣기

Common nouns are only capitalized if you find them at the beginning of sentences.발음듣기

So you might say, "Mountains are my favorite."발음듣기

But you would also say, "Kilimanjaro is my favorite mountain."발음듣기

And that is a lowercase, non-capitalized M, as opposed to this one, which is uppercase.발음듣기

So that's the difference between common and proper nouns.발음듣기

If you're talking about something general, it's a common noun.발음듣기

If you're talking about something specific, it's a proper noun, and the difference between them is that you capitalize a proper noun.발음듣기

You can learn anything. David out.발음듣기

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