Examples of common nouns

All are common nouns because they name a thing, place, or person:

• People: mother, father, baby, child, toddler, teenager, grandmother, student, teacher, minister, businessperson, salesclerk, woman, man
• Animals: lion, tiger, bear, dog, cat, alligator, cricket, bird, wolf
• Things: table, truck, book, pencil, iPad, computer, coat, boots,
• Places: city, state, country, continent, coffee shop, restaurant, park, zoo
• Ideas: envy, love, hate, respect, patriotism, pride

man, woman, child, individual, human being, Houyhnhnm (Gulliver's travels), citizen, bloke, joe, jane; boy, girl, teenager; adolescent, senior, adult, any name for a profession, etc.

A proper noun is the name of a specific thing, person, place.
woman is a common noun, Adriana is a proper noun.
both capital and comic strip are common nouns. Paris and Garfield are proper nouns

Abstract nouns are things that cannot be experienced with the five senses.Things such as: Compassion, courage, intelligence, and laughter.Good examples are listed : http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-abstract-nouns.html

the noun 'language' is a common noun.
for definitions and further examples see
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/commonnoun.htm
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8.June.2014

The noun 'language' is a common noun.
Other examples are '******', 'car', 'tent', 'rifle', 'gun', 'building' and 'edifice'.
for definitions and further examples see
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/commonnoun.htm
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8.June.2014

"A proper noun is a noun that in its primary application refers to a unique entity, such as London, Jupiter, Sarah, or Microsoft, as distinguished from a common noun, which usually refers to a class of entities (city, planet, person, corporation), or non-unique instances of a certain class (a city, another planet, these persons, our corporation)...." [see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper_noun]

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a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing, as Lincoln, Sarah, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Hall. [see http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proper+noun ]

A proper noun usually is a thing that has a name, as opposed to just an example of that type of thing. For example The Earth [capital E] is different from the earth [little e]. The former refers refers to a unique planet, while latter refers to the soil or ground [anywhere]

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Special nouns are abstract nouns like names of qualities,emotions or ideas which can only be experienced and not physically seen,touched etc
example bravery,honesty,integrity etc

Inflection is used to indicate a) number, b) case or c) gender in nouns, verbs and other parts of speech. The result is that a word will often become slightly altered, or letters are added to it, in order to show that a shift (in number, case or gender) has taken place.
It is found in many languages of the world, especially common in European languages, including Old English, but less commonly found in Modern English.

Concerning NOUNS

Examples:
a) To indicate number (singular vs plural): goose / geese; ox / oxen; child / children; medium / media; book / books; alumna / alumnae, etc.
Sometimes the form stays the same however: deer / deer; sheep / sheep, etc.

b) To indicate case:
In English: possession or "genitive case": Paul / Paul's (of Paul); dog / dog's (of the dog), etc.
In German: possession or "genitive case": Mann (man) / Mannes (of the man) - Der Hund des Mannes (The man's dog).
Also in words like Tuesday [Tu's Day]; Wednesday [Weden's Day --> Wodan's Day]; Thursday [Thur's Day --> Thor's Day], etc.

c) To indicate gender:
Often found in words borrowed from other languages:
alumnus (male) / alumna (female); alumni (male plural) / alumnae (female plural), etc.
Even in names: Marc / Marcia; Andrew / Andrea; George / Georgia, etc.

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Kinds of Nouns:

1. Abstract
2. Collective
3. Common
4. Concrete
5. Countable
6. Mass
7. Material
8. Plural
9. Pronoun
10. Proper
11. Singular
12. Uncountable

Classifications of Types of Nouns
Proper Noun: This is used to denote a particular person, place or a thing.
Examples: English is a global language.

Common Noun : This is used to refer to a class.
Examples: The cat loves comfort.

Collective Nouns: This is used to refer to a group or a collection of things.
Examples: I saw a herd of sheep nearby.

Concrete nouns: You can experience this group of nouns with your five senses. These nouns can all be touched, smelt, tasted or seen.
Examples: The cute rabbit hops around.

Countable Nouns: To linguists, these count nouns can occur in both single and plural forms, can be modified by numerals, and can co-occur with quantificational determiners like many, most, more, several, etc.
Examples: There were so many bikes on sale.

Material Nouns : This is used to tell the substance by which the things are made.
Examples: The chair is made of bamboo.

Pronouns: These nouns can take the place of a noun when referring to people places or things. In English the personal pronouns are I, you, he, she, it and they. Depending on their function within a sentence these nouns can take on their possessive forms or their objective case.
Examples: Suzy will let her hair grow longer. possessive personal
He jumped on the bed. singular personal

Abstract Noun: It is used to indicate the quality possessed by a person or thing.
Examples: I appreciate your sincerity.

Uncountable Nouns: These nouns cannot be counted they are often referred to as mass nouns. These nouns cannot be used in a plural form.
Examples: The pool was full of water. The uncountable noun in this sentence is water.
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