Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Common and proper nouns

Today we learned about common and proper nouns. Every noun can be further classified as common or proper.
What is a common noun? A common noun are general things and do not begin with capital letters unless they begin a sentence.
What is a proper noun? Proper nouns are things that always begin with capital letters.
Ex:          Common:              Proper:
                ocean                     Pacific
                restaurant               Wendy's
                teacher                   Mr. Routledge
                country                  Canada
                movie                     Pitch Perfect

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