Is the word "Harbor" a common noun or a proper noun? if you say common noun than, is it possible to change a common noun into a proper noun by adding an adjective to the sentence? for example "Florida Harbor"

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• Thanks for answering so quickly. :)
  Is it the same with e.g. "Apple tree" ?
  And what if I add ('s) to Florida? "Florida's Harbor" then what happens? aren't they two words?

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  by hyperstone6 on February 17th, 2009

• If there is an actual place called "Florida's Harbor," that's all one proper noun. If it is just a harbor in Florida then harbor is still common (Florida's harbor). Apple tree is different, I think "apple" would be an adjective, since you wouldn't write Apple Tree.

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  by Suomynona on February 17th, 2009

• Thanks again, but I still wonder, does anything even exist called "changing" a common noun into a proper noun? A friend of mine screwed up my mind by challenging me that you can!

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  by hyperstone6 on February 17th, 2009

• Don't quite understand what you're going for. I suppose you could say it's like when someone is the president of a company, but if I just type the President, it's commonly taken to mean the President of the United States. There's a lot more examples, if that's what you meant.

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  by Suomynona on February 17th, 2009

• Well, sorry to bother you but what my friend is arguing is for example, a tree is a common noun for all kinds of trees but when you add "apple" to the word tree as in "apple tree", the common noun "tree" will be transformed into a proper noun because the "apple tree" will be identified from within a wide range of trees, but there is not necessarily one individual tree called "The Apple Tree" hence, according to him; ("tree" = common noun) (apple "tree" = proper noun), but I'm not convinced. :(

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  by hyperstone6 on February 17th, 2009