More on Nouns: Common vs. Proper

Common nouns are the everyday, no-fancy-pants words we use for people, places, things, animals, ideas… basically everything that isn't a specific name.

Here’s why they secretly run the world:

• Without common nouns → you can’t say: dog, pizza, phone, idiot, cloud, sock, heartbreak, traffic jam→ You’re reduced to pointing and making caveman grunts

• Proper nouns are just 0.0001% of language (Steve, Florida, Tesla, Mount Everest)Common nouns are the other 99.9999% — they’re the proletariat of grammar, doing all the heavy lifting while proper nouns get to wear tiny crowns and act special

  
  

They’re the reason you can insult someone without knowing their name:

“Hey you… yes, you… giant walking potato!” ← 100% common nouns, 100% effective