{"id":19479,"date":"2026-09-17T05:13:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T05:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/?p=19479"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:47:08","slug":"common-and-proper-nouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oratrics.com\/blogs\/english-concept\/common-and-proper-nouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference Between Common and Proper Nouns (With Easy Examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19479\" class=\"elementor elementor-19479\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-905e346 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"905e346\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39a14eb\" data-id=\"39a14eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-866c2cd\" data-id=\"866c2cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9daa59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9daa59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Difference Between Common and Proper Nouns (With Easy Examples)\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f680477 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f680477\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask any group of students to explain the <\/span><b>difference between common and proper nouns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and you&#8217;ll usually get a shaky answer like &#8220;proper nouns are capital letters.&#8221; That&#8217;s not wrong, exactly, but it&#8217;s only half the story. I&#8217;ve taught grammar to students preparing for school exams and IELTS\/TOEFL interviews for years, and this is one of those topics everyone thinks they&#8217;ve mastered until a tricky example (a holiday name, a plural surname, a seasonal word) catches them off guard.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let&#8217;s slow down and actually work through it, in plain language, with examples you can use right away.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e12b9c6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e12b9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.oratrics.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book a Free Demo Today<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-299ac32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"299ac32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM-1024x647.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19618\" alt=\"Chart showing the difference between common and proper nouns with examples\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM-1024x647.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM-768x485.webp 768w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM-1536x970.webp 1536w, https:\/\/blog.oratrics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-17-2026-12_03_07-PM.webp 1578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d0befa\" data-id=\"3d0befa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cdd779 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7cdd779\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\r\n<link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"toc-wrapper\">\r\n    \r\n    \r\n    <div class=\"custom-toc\" id=\"custom-toc\">\r\n        <div class=\"toc-title\">\r\n            \u2630 Table of Contents\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <ul class=\"toc-list\" id=\"toc-list\"><\/ul>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n\/* Parent Fixed Wrapper holding both components together *\/\r\n.toc-wrapper {\r\n    position: fixed;\r\n    top: 150px; 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Every noun names a person, place, thing, or idea but not every noun names it the same way.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>common noun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refers to something general. It could be any member of a category. &#8220;Country,&#8221; &#8220;teacher,&#8221; &#8220;city&#8221; these words don&#8217;t point to one specific thing; they&#8217;re labels for a whole group of things.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>proper noun<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the other hand, names one particular person, place, or thing. It&#8217;s the actual name, not the category. And in English, proper nouns always get a capital letter, whether they&#8217;re at the start of a sentence or buried in the middle of one.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s a quick side-by-side to make it stick:<\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Common Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><td><p><b>Proper Noun<\/b><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">country<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">river<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Nile<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">teacher<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mrs. Sharma<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">city<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paris<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">company<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">month<\/span><\/p><\/td><td><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December<\/span><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look at the pattern: everything on the right is a specific example pulled out of the general word on the left. That&#8217;s really the whole idea behind the difference between common nouns and proper nouns: one is a category, the other is a name.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38a7770\" data-id=\"38a7770\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e00ba21 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e00ba21\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b338c9a\" data-id=\"b338c9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dca6d3f\" data-id=\"dca6d3f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf039c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8cf039c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seeing It in a Sentence\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b08dcc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b08dcc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitions only go so far. Here&#8217;s the same idea in two sentences:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The girl walked her dog to the park.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (all common nouns)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maya walked Rocky to Central Park.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (all proper nouns)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Same event, same structure but the second sentence tells you exactly who and where. That shift from vague to specific is what you&#8217;re really listening for when you&#8217;re trying to tell these two noun types apart.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few more pairs worth practicing with:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;m reading a book. \u2192 I&#8217;m reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Potter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She works at a company. \u2192 She works at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We went to a museum. \u2192 We went to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Louvre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He studies at a university. \u2192 He studies at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard University<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you start noticing this pattern, you&#8217;ll spot it everywhere in news articles, in your own writing, even in casual text messages.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f5177d\" data-id=\"1f5177d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a3c956 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a3c956\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7accc90\" data-id=\"7accc90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f7bd58\" data-id=\"2f7bd58\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ac31b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34ac31b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why This Actually Matters\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb23b20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb23b20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s tempting to treat capitalization rules as busywork, but they carry real meaning. If I write &#8220;the president,&#8221; I could mean any president, from any country, at any point in history. Write &#8220;President Lincoln,&#8221; and suddenly you know exactly who I mean. That&#8217;s the whole point of a proper noun: it removes ambiguity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This matters even more in exam writing. Markers for IELTS, TOEFL, and school English papers notice inconsistent capitalization fast, and it&#8217;s one of the easiest things to lose marks on unnecessarily. Getting common and proper nouns right isn&#8217;t just &#8220;good grammar&#8221; , it&#8217;s a small, fixable habit that makes your writing look more careful and more confident.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-276ddb2\" data-id=\"276ddb2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be6c826 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be6c826\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b4d31a\" data-id=\"5b4d31a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2f8902\" data-id=\"b2f8902\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef9a69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ef9a69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Tricky Cases: Holidays, Days, and Titles\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53583a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53583a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students almost always ask me at some point: are names of holidays and days proper nouns? Yes and this trips up more people than you&#8217;d expect. Days of the week, months, and holidays are proper nouns because each one refers to a specific, named point in time.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January, February, March<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas, Diwali, Thanksgiving<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s the exception nobody remembers: seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, winter these stay lowercase. They&#8217;re common nouns because they describe a recurring general period, not one fixed, named event. I still catch students capitalizing &#8220;Winter&#8221; out of habit, so it&#8217;s worth pausing on this one specifically.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titles work on similar logic. &#8220;Doctor&#8221; by itself is a common noun. Attach it to the name &#8220;Doctor Patel&#8221; and it becomes proper.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My mother is a doctor. (common)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctor Patel will see you now. (proper)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80385d6\" data-id=\"80385d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0bdbbb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0bdbbb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b98118\" data-id=\"4b98118\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35dc6ce\" data-id=\"35dc6ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9d801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac9d801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Are the Rules for Pluralizing Proper Nouns?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-090a56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"090a56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one comes up less often, but it&#8217;s worth knowing, especially for anyone writing essays or formal letters. What are the rules for pluralizing proper nouns? Since a proper noun names something specific, you don&#8217;t usually pluralize it; there&#8217;s only one Paris, one Google. But there are real situations where it happens, like talking about multiple people who share a name, or referring to a whole family.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two Marias in my class.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Smiths are coming for dinner.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We drove through both Carolinas last summer.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mechanics are the same as pluralizing any noun add -s or -es except you keep the capital letter, because the word is still, in a sense, naming something specific.<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnson \u2192 Johnsons<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jones \u2192 Joneses<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing to flag clearly: no apostrophe. &#8220;The Johnson&#8217;s are here&#8221; is wrong. &#8220;The Johnsons are here&#8221; is correct. This single mistake shows up constantly, even in published writing, so it&#8217;s worth drilling into students early.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fff4a5\" data-id=\"4fff4a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90d5755 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90d5755\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2c9a11\" data-id=\"b2c9a11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf12411\" data-id=\"cf12411\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b12670b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b12670b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Can I Teach Children to Identify Common and Proper Nouns?\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b460e45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b460e45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re a teacher or a parent, you&#8217;ve probably wondered: <\/span><b>how can I teach children to identify common and proper nouns?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In my experience, young learners pick this up faster through hands-on practice than through memorizing a rule. A few things that have actually worked in my classroom:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Color-coding.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have students underline common nouns in blue and proper nouns in red in a short paragraph. The pattern becomes visible almost instantly.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>The &#8220;one exact thing&#8221; test.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teach kids to ask themselves: does this word name one exact person, place, or thing or could it be several different ones? If it&#8217;s just one, it&#8217;s proper.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sorting games.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mix up a list dog, Rex, city, Tokyo, teacher, Mr. Lee and have students sort the words into two columns. It turns into a quick, low-stakes challenge.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Make it personal.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ask students to write a common noun, then turn it into a proper noun using something from their own life, their pet, their school, their street. Kids remember their own examples far better than a textbook one.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capitalization hunts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hand out a short news clipping or story and have students circle every capital letter, then talk through why each one is there.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of these are complicated, but they build the habit of noticing capitalization automatically which is exactly what you want by the time a student sits an IELTS or TOEFL writing task.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e6a296\" data-id=\"9e6a296\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5444574 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5444574\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2cb98e6\" data-id=\"2cb98e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e7ec86\" data-id=\"7e7ec86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c09f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c09f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common Mistakes Worth Watching For\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-775ea1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"775ea1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few errors show up again and again, even with older or more advanced learners:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capitalizing common nouns out of habit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 &#8220;I go to School&#8221; instead of &#8220;I go to school.&#8221; Only capitalize it if it&#8217;s part of an actual name, like &#8220;Lincoln School.&#8221;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Forgetting proper nouns mid-sentence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 some students only remember to capitalize the first word and lose track after that.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mixing up general titles with proper nouns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 &#8220;the king&#8221; stays lowercase; &#8220;King Charles&#8221; doesn&#8217;t.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capitalizing seasons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 spring, summer, autumn, and winter stay lowercase, no exceptions.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4766a96\" data-id=\"4766a96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf39875 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf39875\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d573c56\" data-id=\"d573c56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19f65cc\" data-id=\"19f65cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79456b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f79456b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Practice\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6923397 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6923397\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try picking out the common and proper nouns before checking the answers.<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My sister studies French in Paris.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teacher gave the students a difficult exam.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We celebrate Diwali every October.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company launched a new product last spring.<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p><b>Answers:<\/b><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common: sister \u2014 Proper: French, Paris<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common: teacher, students, exam<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common: (none) \u2014 Proper: Diwali, October<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common: company, product, spring<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce9956c\" data-id=\"ce9956c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60e4a45 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60e4a45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d64323\" data-id=\"8d64323\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbfd1ee\" data-id=\"fbfd1ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a24712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a24712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-233cbc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"233cbc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the day, the difference between common and proper nouns is simpler than it looks on paper: one names a category, the other names something specific and specific things get a capital letter. Where it gets interesting is in the exceptions holidays, seasons, plural surnames and those are exactly the details worth spending a little extra time on. Once a student catches the pattern, whether through a color-coding exercise or just repeated practice, it stops being a &#8220;grammar rule&#8221; and starts being something they notice automatically, in their own writing and everyone else&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-092a7f5\" data-id=\"092a7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-125eedd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"125eedd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-951d402\" data-id=\"951d402\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5926016\" data-id=\"5926016\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f87e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3f87e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Frequently Asked Questions\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ce9f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"13ce9f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2071\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2071\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 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class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2072\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2072\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Can the same word be both a common noun and a proper noun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2072\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2072\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. &#8220;Rose&#8221; is a common noun (a flower) but a proper noun when it&#8217;s a name (Rose went home). Context decides.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2073\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2073\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Are names of holidays and days proper nouns?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2073\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2073\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes. Days, months, and holidays (Monday, January, Diwali) are proper nouns. Seasons (spring, winter) are not.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2074\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2074\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">What are the rules for pluralizing proper nouns?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2074\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2074\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add -s or -es like normal (Johnson \u2192 Johnsons), keep the capital letter, and never use an apostrophe.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2075\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2075\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-plus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H272V64c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32h-32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v144H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h144v144c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h32c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32V304h144c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><svg class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-minus\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 208H32c-17.67 0-32 14.33-32 32v32c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h384c17.67 0 32-14.33 32-32v-32c0-17.67-14.33-32-32-32z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">How can I teach children to identify common and proper nouns?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2075\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2075\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use color-coding, sorting games, and the &#8220;does it name one exact thing?&#8221; Test\u00a0 hands-on practice beats memorizing definitions.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How do you capitalize proper nouns in sentences?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Capitalize the first letter of a proper noun wherever it appears at the start, middle, or end of a sentence (e.g., &#8220;I met Sarah in London&#8221;).<\\\/span><\\\/p>\"}},{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Can the same word be both a common noun and a proper noun?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"<p><span style=\\\"font-weight: 400;\\\">Yes. &#8220;Rose&#8221; is a common noun (a flower) but a proper noun when it&#8217;s a name (Rose went home). 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