ENGL 240The Use of English
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1971–72
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1967–68 to 1971–72; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
The use and abuse of present-day English as a spoken and written language. The search for criteria in evaluating different means of communication such as journalese, technical jargon, slang and colloquialisms. The bearing of structure, semantics, and imagery on clear expression and its practical application in effective writing. Open to Year 1 students.
As printed in the 1968–69 to 1971–72 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1967–68 to 1971–72, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1968–69 to 1971–72 4 calendars
The use and abuse of present-day English as a spoken and written language. The search for criteria in evaluating different means of communication such as journalese, technical jargon, slang and colloquialisms. The bearing of structure, semantics, and imagery on clear expression and its practical application in effective writing. Open to Year 1 students.
1967–68 1 calendar
The use and abuse of present day English as a spoken and written language. The search for criteria in evaluating different means of communication, including journalese and other technical jargon. Pronunciation, slang, colloquialisms. The practical analysis of structure, semantics, and imagery. Not open to Year I students.
3 hours a week.