Oh, look! There’s some thing sleeping in the trees! Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a particular person, place or thing.

Sometimes a noun looks like it should be plural when it isn’t. Chances are that this noun is called a mass noun. Mass nouns are nouns that, by their very nature, are plural. These are also called ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Common nouns are the names of things, that’s people, places or objects, while a proper noun is the name of a ...