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 the name of a person, a place, a thing or an idea. Sometimes a noun is the name of an action. Common nouns describe groups or members of groups; whereas, proper nouns identify a unique example. Proper names are usually capitalised. noun is the name of a person, a place, a thing or an idea. Sometimes a noun is the name of an action. Common nouns describe groups or members of groups; whereas, proper nouns identify a unique example. Proper names are usually capitalised.