Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

When there’s more of one thing, we refer to the term, “collective noun” to describe the group. When I was a kid, I ran around with my “gang.” We were the guys that played sandlot baseball part of the ...

Capitalize proper nouns and proper names: John, Mary, Nelson, Facebook. Capitalize common nouns such as party, river and street when part of a proper name: Democratic Party, Ohio River, Poynter Street ...