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 that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Examples include actor, building, ticket, and delight. A common noun is a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea.A propernoun is the name of a particular one.For example, theater is a common noun; Palace Theate r is a proper noun. singular noun names one person, place, thing, or idea. A plural noun namesmore than one person, place, thing, or idea.One student had an interesting suggestion. (singular nouns)Several students had interesting suggestions.