tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post465122451003847796..comments2023-07-19T01:13:09.713-07:00Comments on Grammar Gang: A wave from OzThe Purdue and UniSA Connectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01873311749547093059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-12048480891775328042008-08-22T12:00:00.000-07:002008-08-22T12:00:00.000-07:00I'm writing a story and I'm really stuck on wether...I'm writing a story and I'm really stuck on wether I should use a comma where I used it or start a brand new sentence. <BR/><BR/>I recieved a phone call from my husband, he called to tell me he was in the emergency room, because he got his eraser from his mechanical pencil stuck in his ear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-80508241473755378312008-08-08T10:25:00.000-07:002008-08-08T10:25:00.000-07:00Some of our clients at the Writing Lab have a bett...Some of our clients at the Writing Lab have a better ear for this than I do, but I do remember an ongoing discussion on campus last year about what to call that bubbly, sweet drink that usually comes in a can or bottle. Midwesterners, like me, call it "pop," but coastal dwellers swear by "soda." In the South, it is "Coke," even if the label says "Pepsi."Brady Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648894778162563282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-11940266803298519202008-08-06T15:20:00.000-07:002008-08-06T15:20:00.000-07:00I don't have quite the ear for this that some of o...I don't have quite the ear for this that some of our clients in the Writing Lab do, so I may enlist some of them to help with this once school starts. I do remember that one of the raging discussions around campus last year had to do with what to call that sweet, bubbly drink that usually comes in a can or a bottle. Is it "pop," "soda," or "Coke?" The answer depends on where you where born. A good Midwesterner, like me, swears by "pop," but someone from the East or West Coast will say "soda." In the South, it is "Coke," even if you are drinking a "Pepsi." Are there regional differences, particularly for everyday food items, in Australia as well?Brady Spangenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00648894778162563282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-70474454035266632632008-08-04T17:08:00.000-07:002008-08-04T17:08:00.000-07:00Message from Liz Horrocks Learning Adviser Team le...Message from Liz Horrocks Learning Adviser Team leader at UniSA<BR/>This is really exciting and has a potential that we can't imagine. I am really looking forward to hearing about how students are involved in the work at Purdue as I am anxious to do similar here at UniSA. Can you outline the pros and cons of student involvement for me? It's my view that we don't use them enough in our work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com