| 41. | Common nouns are in turn divided into concrete and abstract nouns, and grammatically into count nouns and mass nouns.
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| 42. | Although the term Soviet came to be treated as a proper noun, is it not originally a common noun?
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| 43. | But you can't use a common noun like " magistrate " or " magistrates " in that sort of construction.
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| 44. | In such cases the common noun may determine the kind of entity, and a modifier determines the unique entity itself.
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| 45. | If the possessor is a common noun, it will be introduced by a determiner, but without an oblique case marker.
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| 46. | An exception to the hyphenation of compounds with a proper name is when the proper name contains an uncapitalized common noun.
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| 47. | Am I correct in thinking that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is actually a common noun, not a proper noun?
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| 48. | There are proper nouns ( " names " for unique entities ) and common nouns ( words for general concepts ).
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| 49. | In languages where the distinction is made, unit names are common nouns ( i . e . not proper nouns ).
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| 50. | This happened to be a large process, and the most common noun classes started to cause the least represented to disappear.
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