What is Common Noun? ( with examples)

What is common noun? [ With examples]

A common noun is the generic name for a person, place, or thing, e.g., boy, town, lake, bridge. Common nouns contrast with proper nouns, which are the given names (or titles) we give to things, e.g., Peter, New York, Lake Superior, London Bridge.

Common nouns are written with lowercase letters (unless they start a sentence), and proper nouns are written with uppercase letters.

 Examples of Common Nouns and proper noun
The difference between common nouns and proper nouns becomes obvious when they're listed side by side.
Real-Life Examples of Common Nouns

In the following examples, the common nouns are in bold and the proper nouns are shaded:
I've been in a lot of castles, and they're pretty gloomy. However, I love Windsor Castle. (Author Tracie Peterson)
With members all around the globe, the Flat Earth Society believes the Earth is flat and horizontally infinite.
(Globe is a common noun, but Earth isn't. Earth is the name of our planet.)
Turkeys aren't from Turkey, but there are lots of turkeys in Turkey.
(A common noun is written with a lowercase letter unless it starts a sentence.)

Categories of Common Nouns

Every common noun can be categorized as at least one of following types of noun:

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