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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;masterswimmer, post: 24760499, member: 102022&quot;]Really? I&#039;d call the privy a common noun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>What is a noun?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Nouns make up the largest class of words in most languages, including English. <b><span style="color: #ff0000">A noun is a word that refers to a thing (book)</span></b>, a person (Noah Webster), an animal (cat), a place (Omaha), a quality (softness), an idea (justice), or an action (yodeling). It&#039;s usually a single word, but not always: cake, shoes, school bus, and time and a half are all nouns.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>There are a number of different categories of nouns.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>There are <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20noun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20noun" rel="nofollow">common nouns</a> and <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proper%20noun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proper%20noun" rel="nofollow">proper nouns</a>. <b><span style="color: #ff0000">A common noun refers to a person, place, or thing but is not the name of a particular person, place, or thing. Examples are animal, sunlight, and happiness.</span></b> A proper noun is the name of a particular person, place, or thing; it usually begins with a capital letter: Abraham Lincoln, Argentina, and World War I are all proper nouns.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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