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Significados de common noun en inglés

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нарицательное
español
apelativo
catalán
nom comú

Noun (or noun phrase) that primarily refers to a class of entities or instances.

apelativo
Uso de common noun en inglés
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It means hero the common noun, not Hero the proper name.
Infelice
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It's all 'indicative mood, common noun, third person, singular number, and agrees with John.'
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
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Thus whenever we use any common noun, e.g.
A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1
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On the other hand, many comedies have a common noun as their title: l'Avare, le Joueur, etc.
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
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Since "referendum" is a common noun it can have no participial form and so cannot be a gerund.
The Irish Times
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Sir, -The Irish Times's house style of all lower case "queen" for Queen Elizabeth, as if she were a common noun, is an anachronism.
The Irish Times
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From your reading bring up sentences containing ten common nouns, five proper, five abstract.
An English Grammar
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He gives her the words, three short common nouns.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
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Kleenex has faced this battle, as has Xerox, Frisbee, Jeep and Spam -popular common nouns all.
Wired
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The one was a nurse; the other, a box, both common nouns, and merely articles to be conveyed to Gleneesh according to orders.
The Rosary