certified expert says oxygen is a common noun, all other three answer says oxygen is a proper noun. Why is the difference in answer and what is the correct answer?
Oxygen is a common noun, a general word for any oxygen anywhere.
A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing, or a title; for example:
- Oxygen Drive
- Roberts Oxygen Company
- Oxygen Magazine (women's fitness)
- Oxygen Media (the Oxygen Channel)
- "Oxygen", a novel by Andrew Miller