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<p>New page: A &#039;&#039;&#039;proper noun&#039;&#039;&#039; is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity, such as &#039;&#039;London&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Jupiter&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sarah&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;Microsoft&#039;&#039;, as distinguished from a com...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A &#039;&#039;&#039;proper noun&#039;&#039;&#039; is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity, such as &#039;&#039;London&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Jupiter&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Sarah&#039;&#039;, or &#039;&#039;Microsoft&#039;&#039;, as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (&#039;&#039;city, planet, person, corporation&#039;&#039;) and may be used when referring to instances of a specific class (a &#039;&#039;city&#039;&#039;, another &#039;&#039;planet&#039;&#039;, these &#039;&#039;persons&#039;&#039;, our &#039;&#039;corporation&#039;&#039;). Some proper nouns occur in plural form (optionally or exclusively), and then they refer to &#039;&#039;groups&#039;&#039; of entities considered as unique (the &#039;&#039;Hendersons&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;Everglades&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;Azores&#039;&#039;, the &#039;&#039;Pleiades&#039;&#039;). Proper nouns can also occur in secondary applications, for example modifying nouns (the &#039;&#039;Mozart&#039;&#039; experience; his &#039;&#039;Azores&#039;&#039; adventure), or in the role of common nouns (he&#039;s no &#039;&#039;Pavarotti&#039;&#039;; a few would-be &#039;&#039;Napoleons&#039;&#039;). The detailed definition of the term is problematic and, to an extent, governed by convention.<br /> <br /> {{Donate}}</div>

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