Question

Pinocchio some proper nouns some common nouns
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Answer 1

Answer:

Some noun

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The first term we need to define to correct this sentence is the phrase proper noun.

a. A common noun, as you probably know, is a word that names a person, place, or thing.

b. A proper noun, however, names a specific person, place, or thing. For example,

The puppet sprinted down the street. (puppet is a common noun—that is, it does not name a specific puppet.)

Pinocchio sprinted down the street. [Pinocchio is a proper noun—it does name a specific puppet (Pinocchio).]

2. Proper nouns are always capitalized. For example, we always write Pinocchio like this, never like this: pinocchio.

3. Normally, it is fairly easy to tell the difference between common and proper nouns (exceptions notwithstanding!). However, in the case of our sentence, we are dealing with a word—father–that can be either common or proper, depending on how it is used. This is significant since we need to know whether to capitalize it or not.

4. We can identify whether father should be capitalized by whether it is referring to a specific father or not.

“My father would be happy if I brought back more money,” Pinocchio thought.

“I know Father would be happy if I brought back more money,” Pinocchio thought.

5. On the surface, it’s hard to tell which one is a common and which one is a proper noun.

a. However, in the 1st sentence, the pronoun my modifies father.

i. This pronoun is telling us the specific father we are talking about; without the pronoun, the word father would not be referring to a specific father.

ii. Therefore, father is not a proper noun in this sentence.

b. In the 2nd sentence, father is by itself, but it is not a common noun. Why not?

i. Well, the question we have to ask is, “Does the word father in this sentence refer to a specific father?”

ii. If you answered yes, you are correct. It refers to Pinocchio’s father, Geppetto.

iii. In fact, we could replace the word father with the name Geppetto, and we would get the same meaning

“Father would be happy if I brought back more money,” Pinocchio thought.

“Geppetto would be happy if I brought back more money,” Pinocchio thought.

Therefore, we capitalize father in this sentence since the word is a proper noun in this case.