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Subject:Re: QUESTION: 101 From:Scott Miller <smiller -at- CORP -dot- PORTAL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 17 Nov 1997 15:43:37 -0800
I think this is a lesson from "Writing for an International Audience
101."
Scott Miller
smiller -at- portal -dot- com
>It's a U.S.-specific reference to the most instructions. In our
>universities and colleges, the beginning classes are numbered with 101,
>such as English 101, Mathematics 101, Biology 101. Actually, some
>schools do use other numbers, but the "101" is part of the American
>language and cultural schema.
> >While reading submissions to the list I have come across several
> >references to "such-and-such 101".
>>
> >Can someone please enlighten me as to the derivation of the 101?
