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 singular possessive noun is a word that is just one person,  place, thing, or idea that belongs to or is part of another word in  the sentence. Examples:    Noun - â¦Singular Possessive Use    boy - The boy's hat blew off in the wind.    mother - I made these cookies from mom's recipe.