Proper nouns and common nouns
PROPER NOUNS |
COMMON NOUNS |
God (used as a name) |
a god |
Book of Common Prayer |
a book |
Uncle Pedro |
my uncle |
Father (used as a name) |
my father |
Lake Superior |
a picturesque lake |
the Capital Center studies |
a center for advanced |
the South |
a southern state |
Wrigley Field |
a baseball stadium |
University of Wisconsin |
a good university |
Geology 101 |
geology |
Environmental Protection Agency |
a federal agency |
Phi Kappa Psi |
a fraternity |
a Democrat |
an independent |
the Enlightenment |
the eighteenth century |
the Declaration of Independence |
a treaty |
the World Wide Web, |
a home page |
the Web, the Internet, the Net network |
a computer |
Advil |
a painkiller |