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.

Here's a little English grammar lesson for readers, free of charge. Today's lesson concerns nouns. You may remember this from your schooling: A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, thought, or ...

A school of fish is a collective noun that refers to a specific group of things, animals, or people, all with a singular form. Credit: Georgette Douwma/Getty Images There are more than ten different ...