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.
1 A noun is a part of speech used to name a person, place, thing, animals, activities, event, idea and emotions. 2  Nouns are one of the main elements of sentences. 3  Nouns usually function as subjects or objects within sentences, although they can also act as adjectives and adverbs. A noun is a part of speech used to name a person, place, thing, animals, activities, event, idea and emotions. 2  Nouns are one of the main elements of sentences. 3  Nouns usually function as subjects or objects within sentences, although they can also act as adjectives and adverbs.