Chapter VI The Noun and the Pronoun
For the plural of nouns see Chapter III.
The classes to which nouns belong are distinguished as follows:
A common noun is the name given to an object to denote the class to which it belongs; as, book, man.
A proper noun is the name given to a particular object to distinguish it from others of the same class; as, Mary, Republicans, England. Proper nouns should always be capitalized.
A collective noun is a name which in the singular denotes a collection. It is usually plural in idea but singular in use; as, congregation, crowd.
An abstract noun is the name denoting a quality of an object; as, power, purity, strength.
A verbal noun is the name of an action. As its name suggests, it is made from a verb; as, Sweeping is good exercise.