What is the difference between Common Noun and Proper Noun?
What is the difference between Common Noun and Proper Noun?
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As opposed to the Common Nouns, Proper Noun refers to someone, some place or something specific. The Proper Noun has to be written in a capital letter, irrespective of whether the sentence starts with that or not. On the other hand, Common Nouns are generic terms and do not need to be written in capital letters, unless it is placed at the beginning of the sentence. For example:
Siya is the topper in her class.
Here, Siya is the Proper Noun, and topper and class are Common Nouns.
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Any word which bears the name of any generic term or non-specific categories is are Common Noun. The first letters are generally not capitalised and are used with Articles or Determiners. These words refer to a broad category and do not have a specific significance, unlike Proper Nouns.
Common Nouns can be capitalised under the following scenarios:
· Refers to a title: President, Doctor, King, Queen, His Royalty, Father (Christian priest)
· Bears a religious or cultural significance: Church, Temple, Mosque (especially if a particular one is mentioned).
· Legal or Academic documents: Words which bear legal or academic significance, such as Company, Terms & Conditions, Law, Theorems, etc. (in particular contexts).
· When used with Proper Nouns: Certain Proper Nouns have a Common
Yes, apart from Proper Noun, all other forms of Nouns, including Collective Noun, Concrete Noun, Abstract Noun, Countable Noun, etc. can be Common Nouns. As long as they do not refer to anything specific, all these types of Nouns can be considered Common Noun.

Common Noun is one of the nine types of Nouns, which denotes the name of a group or a type of existing phenomenon. Like the name suggests, Common Nouns refer to any living or non-living beings, places, or abstract ideas or thoughts. As long as a word is not named anything specific, it is considered to be a Common Noun.
Demonstrative pronouns are words used to point toward specific people, objects, or ideas without directly naming them.
Most common ones are this, that, these, and those. They help the speaker or writer indicate whether something is near or far, and whether it is singular or plural. For example, “This is my bag” or “Those are your shoes.” They are widely used in daily communication to bring clarity and emphasis.
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