Common and proper nouns

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Common and proper nouns발음듣기

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[Voiceover] Hello, grammarians.발음듣기

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

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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

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

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So speaking generally, I am from a city.발음듣기

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

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

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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

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It's a continuum.발음듣기

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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

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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

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So here are the properties of proper nouns.발음듣기

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Proper nouns are always capitalized.발음듣기

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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You can learn anything. David out.발음듣기

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