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Do you mean common noun instead of pronoun?
by Adraghast 4y ago
Do you mean common noun instead of pronoun?
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoI think of it as a “pronoun.” It makes it into a “person,” or some kind of major deal, like we call localities (usually) by their single pronouns. Sometimes, “The” becomes part of the pronoun, like “The Netherlands,” or “The Bronx.” Usually, though, we assign pronouns (I’m not an English major, though, so the proper term may be different). Like, you can’t have “a brooklyn,” or “an amsterdam.” They want to make it so we can’t have “an iPhone.” Good luck with that…
- whynaut 4y agoThe term you want is Proper Noun.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoThat makes sense. Thanks!
- skyyler 4y ago>Like, you can't have "a brooklyn" Every Brooklyn outside of the one in NYC is just "a Brooklyn" and not "THE Brookyln"
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoFair point. Then you also have Brookline, in Bastin.
- wizofaus 4y agoIt's already a proper noun (not a pronoun!), but it's being treated almost as though the name of every individual Apple device is the product brand name, which is weird. Using a product brand name without an article is normally only done for uncountable/mass noun things like "gorilla glue" or many food/drink products.