2)Proper and common nouns According to lexical meaning,nouns fall into two major categories:proper nouns and common nouns.A proper noun is a name used for a particular person,place or thing,and spelt with a capital initial letter (eg:Anderson,Britain, New York Times ) A common noun is a name common to a class of people,things or abstract ideas.Common nouns can be further classified into individual, collective,material,and abstract nouns (eg:boy, tiger,family,team,water,air,honesty,glory ) 4 2) Proper and common nouns ❖ According to lexical meaning, nouns fall into two major categories: proper nouns and common nouns. A proper noun is a name used for a particular person, place or thing, and spelt with a capital initial letter (eg: Anderson, Britain, New York Times ). ❖ A common noun is a name common to a class of people, things or abstract ideas. Common nouns can be further classified into individual, collective, material, and abstract nouns (eg: boy, tiger, family, team, water, air, honesty, glory )