Which words in this sentence are common nouns?


During Montezuma's rule, the Aztec empire stretched from ocean to ocean.

Verified Answer :

Common nouns are type of nouns which are not particular or
specific in a certain subject –person, place, thing, event or an idea. In the sentence
we can identify the commons nouns which are:
 1.
Rule – if we take out the proper noun of Montezuma,
whose rule is it? Then which is now a common noun


2.
Empire – if we also examine empire without the Aztec,
whose empire is it? Very broad and unspecified.


3.
Ocean – here is the most obvious of the common nouns
in the sentence “ocean to ocean”. Which ocean specifically?