Question

classify the common nouns and proper nouns in the following table
norgay and hillary were the first men to climb mt. everest
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Answer 1

in this norgay ,hillary and mt. evert are proper noun and men is common noun

Answer 2

The common nouns and proper nouns are classified as follows:

Common nouns: men

Proper nouns: Norgay, Hillary, Mt. Everest

• The noun is one of the parts of speech, which represents the name of a particular person, or a thing.
• There are four types of nouns as follows- common noun, proper noun, abstract noun, and collective noun.
• A common noun represents a name in general. in other words, it is not specific. For example, in this sentence, the word 'men' is a common noun. It does not specify which men, it talks about men in general.
• A proper noun represents a name of a specific person or thing. For example, in the given sentence, Norgay and Hillary are the names of specific men. Hence, they are proper nouns. Similarly, Mt.Everest is also a name of a particular mountian. Hence, it is also a proper noun.

The proper nouns always start with a capital letter.