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.
The word 'specific' is a noun, a singular, common noun; a word for something particularly adapted for a purpose, a remedy designed for a particular ailment, a characteristic q â¦ uality or trait, a thing. Another noun form is 'specificity'.es, can is a noun in two common instances: 1) when it means a metallic container similar to a tin. I bought a can of baked beans 2) when it means the American slang word f â¦ or toilet. I have to use the can. Remember, a noun is a thing.