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The word 'Pittsburgh Steelers' is a compound proper noun; the name of a specific football team.
A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing.The proper noun for team would be the name of a specific team, such as the New York Yankees, the San Antonio Spurs, or the New Orleans Saints; and titles such as the 1989 movie 'The Dream Team'.
The noun 'team' is the collective noun for football players: a team of players.Another collective noun is: a squad of footballers.
The compound noun Super Bowl is a proper noun, the name of a specific football competition of the National Football League. All proper nouns are capitalized.
The noun 'footballer' is a common noun, a general word for someone who plays soccer; a word for any footballer anywhere.A proper noun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing.
When used to mean a group of ranchers, cowboys is a common noun. If used as the name of the football team (Dallas Cowboys), a business (Backcountry Cowboy Outfitters), or a book/movie title (Midnight Cowboy) it is a proper noun.
The compound noun Manchester United is a proper noun, the name of a specific football club.The words of a compound proper noun are always capitalized.
"Bats" is a common noun as it refers to a general group of animals not a specific set unlike "Vampire Bats" which would be considered a proper noun because it refers directly to specific variety of bats.
"Football" is a common noun when referring to the sport in general. However, if you are referring to a specific football team or league, then it would be considered a proper noun and capitalized, such as "National Football League" or "Manchester United Football Club."
Yes, the compound noun 'football practice' is a common noun, a general word for any instance of training a football team.
This is a transposition of the word arsenal (arms storehouse).The proper noun Arsenal (Football Club) is the soccer team based in Holloway, London.
Proper nouns are specific names or nouns. So actually player is just a noun/subject and football describes what type of player it is so football in the sentence is actually an adjective.