comments. Gene Simmons has decided it's time for his children to get out of the nest. However, while for most people in their early twenties that means a cramped share house and a diet Ramen noddles, as the children of a rockstar, Nick and Sophie Simmons will not be getting any roommates any time soon.
Teenager, grandmother, salesclerk, police officer, toddler, manager, window dresser, janitor, shoplifterâall of these people are common. nouns. The important thing to remember is that common nouns are general names. Thus, they. are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title. Proper nouns, those that name specific things, do require capitalization.
KINDS OF NOUNS. Proper Nouns and Common Nouns. Proper nouns are nouns that represent a unique entity (like a specific person or a specific place). Common nouns which describe an entire group of entities (examples would be the nouns village or women). Proper nouns as a general rule are capitalized in the English language. Common nouns as a general rule are not capitalized. Sometimes the same word can function as both a common noun and a proper noun, where one such entity is special. For example the common noun god refers to all deities, while the proper noun God specifically refers to the monotheistic God.