21 Mar 2005
Ex 2-1: SWE Essay
Essay on standard written English (SWE). (2-3 pages.) Be witty, interesting, scholarly, personal, factual, or funny. But be correct, too!
Here are a few resources I found which might be helpful for this exercise, while I was browsing:
(http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/Bibs/SWE.bib.html)
Language Standards - Some Sources: This page has a long bibliography of sources you could seek out to help you get a feel for SWE.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_English)
Standard English: This Wikipedia page provides a brief description of Standard English, along with some links.
(http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/)
Common Errors in English: This site, maintained by an English professor, has won some awards and recognition from the people at Yahoo!, among others. It describes, in particular, the standards of American English.
You might not want to cite these sources directly, but at the very least you can use them to get some ideas for an essay; oh, and don't forget the bibliography included at the end of Truss' book.
Posted by: ChrisU at March 16, 2005 02:30 PMGreat suggstions, Chris.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at March 17, 2005 04:03 PMI don't understand. What do you want us to discuss in our papers?
Posted by: Ashley at March 20, 2005 04:47 PMI'm not assigning a specific topic, other than asking you to talk about standard written English (SWE). I'm being deliberately open-ended in this assignment. Do you have a particular idea in mind, Ashley?
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at March 20, 2005 04:57 PMI searched EBSCOhost on standard english so i will go from there. I don't have an particular idea.
Posted by: Ashley at March 20, 2005 05:18 PMI still don't understand what this assignment is about. What exactly about SWE? What is SWE? This is one of the many reasons I: A) dont like it when professors are out of town.
and B) dont like bare blogs.
Sorry..im ranting again..
Posted by: Lou Gagliardi at March 20, 2005 05:44 PMWhile this assignment page is short, it does provide a definition of SWE (standard written English). You also have Lynne Truss's book, the links Chris provided, and Google.
Be inquisitive, be creative, and see what you can come up with.
One of the great things about blogs is that even though I was out of town, I was following the activity on this site the whole time. I wonder how many other profs are this available on a Sunday, whether they were out of town or not. Ashley got a response within 10 minutes, you got a response in under 2 hours.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at March 20, 2005 07:25 PMBelieve me Dr. Jerz; I wasn't complaining! I just get into a rant, and yes, you are right those sites do provide help, I guess.
Posted by: Lou Gagliardi at March 20, 2005 08:55 PM