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 (an) is the indefinite article, indicating a single, non-specific member of a group or set. The plural may be some, but also several, many, or any numerical modifier. (any male human) This is compared to the definite articles (the, this, that, those) which describe a certain member, or one previously referred to.