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Top Answer out of 2 by Miss Awesome on Feb 17, 2009 at 4:56 pm Permalink
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hyperstone6 Feb, 18 2009 at 04:23 AM
Thanks! :) That's what I'm arguing for but my friend just won't get it lol
Answer 2 out of 2 by Suomynona on Feb 17, 2009 at 3:31 pm Permalink
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hyperstone6 Feb, 17 2009 at 03:55 PM
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!
Suomynona Feb, 17 2009 at 03:58 PM
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.
hyperstone6 Feb, 17 2009 at 04:13 PM
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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