The name is a household name. Characteristics and examples

From the classification of all nouns, the name is a common name - perhaps the most simple category.

A simple definition of him. In fact, the common noun is words that denote people, animals, objects, abstract ideas and concepts. They do not include words meaning people's names, names of places, countries, cities, etc. These nouns refer to the type of proper names.

Thus, the country is a common noun, and Russia is a proper name. Puma is the name of a wild animal, and in this case the puma noun is a household name. And as the name of the famous firm that produces sportswear and shoes, Puma is a proper name.

In the first half of the last century, the word "apple" was unthinkable in the use of the proper name. It was used in the original meaning: that is, an apple, a fruit, a fruit of an apple tree. Now Apple is a noun and its own, and a household name.

This happened after an unsuccessful three-month search of partners for a suitable name for the company, when, desperate, the founder of the company, Steve Jobs decided to call it after the favorite fruit. The name has become a truly iconic American brand that produces tablet computers, phones, software.

Examples of common nouns

Find examples of common names will not be difficult. Let's start with the everyday objects around us. Imagine: you wake up in the morning. What do you see when you open your eyes? Of course, the alarm clock. The alarm clock is an object that wakes us up in the morning, and from the linguistic point of view it's a common name. Leaving the house, you meet a neighbor. There are many hurrying people on the street. You notice that the sky frowned. Get on the bus and drive to the office. Neighbor, people, sky, office, bus, street - common nouns

Types of common nouns

In Russian Common noun Is divided into 4 main types:

1. Specific concepts (people, animals, objects, plants). These are notation of objects / persons in the singular: student, neighbor, classmate, seller, driver, cat, puma, house, table, apple. Such nouns can be combined with quantitative numbers.
2. Abstract concepts. This is a type of nouns with an abstract abstract meaning. They can denote phenomena, scientific concepts, characteristics, condition, quality: peace, war, friendship, suspicion, danger, kindness, relativity.
3. Real nouns. As the name implies, these nouns denote substances, substances. These may include medicinal products, food products, chemical elements, building materials, minerals: coal, oil, oil, aspirin, flour, sand, oxygen, silver.
4. Collective nouns. These nouns are a collection of persons or objects consisting of unity and belonging to a certain conceptual category: moshkar, infantry, foliage, relatives, youth, people. Such nouns are used, as a rule, in the singular. Often combined with words a lot (a little), a little: a lot of gnats, a little youth. Some of them can be used in the plural: the people are the peoples.