Geisel adopted his Dr. Seuss pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.
Confidence votes 94.8K. A general noun is a word for a non-specific person, place, or thing. Examples of general nouns: A specific noun is a word for a specific person, place or thing. Examples: 1  parent. 2  city. 3  apple. 4  father.
A noun is a word for a person, a place or a thing.   A common noun is a general word for any person, place, or  thing.   A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or  thing.    In the example sentences:    Jack and Jill are both proper nouns, the names of  people.