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 As non-is a living prefix, the list of words having the prefix non-is practically unlimited. 2  It is particularly common in the sciences. 3  Non-may be attached to nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs to negate their meaning.