Common and proper nouns

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What is a common noun?

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A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples include 'dog', 'city', and 'happiness'.

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What is a proper noun?

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A proper noun is a specific name for a particular person, place, or organization. Examples include 'Michael', 'New York', and 'Christmas'.

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How do you capitalize proper nouns?

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Proper nouns are always capitalized, regardless of where they appear in a sentence.

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What is the difference between common and proper nouns?

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Common nouns refer to general items, while proper nouns refer to specific names.

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Give an example of a sentence with a common noun.

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The dog barked loudly.

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Give an example of a sentence with a proper noun.

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Michael went to New York last summer.

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What type of noun is 'family' in the sentence: 'When Michael was a baby, his family moved to North Carolina.'?

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Common noun.

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What type of noun are holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving?

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Proper nouns.

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What change should be made in the sentence: 'The cafeteria is serving hamburgers on wednesday.'?

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Change 'wednesday' to 'Wednesday'.

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What change should be made in the sentence: 'May we open one present on christmas eve?'?

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Change 'christmas eve' to 'Christmas Eve'.