Common Nouns (general names for people, places, things, and ideas):
* Person: teacher, doctor, student, child
* Place: city, country, park, river
* Thing: book, car, phone, table
* Idea: love, happiness, freedom, courage
Proper Nouns (specific names for people, places, things, and ideas):
* Person: Ms. Smith, Barack Obama, Shakespeare,
* Place: London, Mount Everest, the Amazon Rainforest, the Grand Canyon
* Thing: the Mona Lisa, the Titanic, the Great Wall of China
* Idea: Buddhism, Christianity, Democracy
Remember:
* Proper nouns are always capitalized.
* Common nouns are not capitalized unless they are at the beginning of a sentence.
* Proper nouns are specific and unique.
* Common nouns are general and not specific.
