The Purdue OWL News http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/ The Purdue OWL News is an online newsletter addressing readers' writing-related questions and covering events in the Purdue University Writing Lab and the Online Writing Lab at Purdue (Purdue OWL). Tue, 13 May 2008 11:34:37 -0400 Copyright 1995-2008 by The Writing Lab, The OWL at Purdue, and Purdue University. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/snippets/owleye200b.gif The Purdue OWL News http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/ en-us Identifying Main Ideas in Paragraphs for April 21, 2008 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/570#writing_question_of_the_week http://owl.english.purdue.edu/purdueowlnews/570#writing_question_of_the_week Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:12:59 -0400 Writing Question of the Week
Identifying Main Ideas in Paragraphs
By Dana Driscoll

Hello OWL, I'm having a hard time to identify the main idea of a paragraph. Can youhelp please?--Venancio Greetings Venancio,Thank you for contacting OWL Mail.Here are some ideas in locating the topic sentence - the sentence thatpresents the main ide..

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Use of quotation marks and periods
By Dana Driscoll

I have found conflicting information regarding the use of quotation marks and the placement of a period when using "words in quoations". Like that--does the period go after the quotation marks or before? An test question like this was on ..

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Titles in Education
By Dana Driscoll

On my business card, I describe myself as an "Educational Consultant". Is this correct? It's not "Education Consultant" is it? And should it be "Remedial Education Consultant" or "Remedial Educational Consultant&q..

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Question about "She is older than me"
By Dana Driscoll

Please don't laugh at this one! I was taught High School English by the same instructor who taught Truman Capote, so I tend to think she knew her "stuff." In any event, my husband and I frequently argue over this question... Is it imprope..

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Parenthetical Sentences
By Dana Driscoll

In a practice AP Language and Composition exam, we came upon the term "parenthetical sentence." While I have heard the term parenthetical expression, I have never heard it referred to as a sentence. I would like some clarification. Is t..

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Italicizing Volume Numbers in Periodicals
By Dana Driscoll

Can you tell me the reason why the volume number in a periodical is italicized? Why is the volume number treated differently than the index number? I know these sound trivial, but I would like to be able to explain "why" to my students rath..

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Citing Self-Conducted Surveys in APA
By Dana Driscoll

I conducted a survey recently. I can not find information on self conducted survey in the APA manual. I do not know how to cite this survey on my reference page and/or use the information in the body of my paper. Can you help me with this dilemma? T..

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On vs. In
By Dana Driscoll

Can we use preposition 'on' with 'expert' e.g. He is expert on computers. Don't we use 'in' with 'expert? Thanks, Vandana, Punjab Post Your Answer to this Question!

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Last day of tutoring is April 25th
By Dana Driscoll

OWL EYE ON....End of Semester Tutoring:  The last day of tutoring for the Spring 2008 semester is April 25th.  The Writing Lab will remain open during finals week for students to come in and use the computers, work in groups, and so forth.&..

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Purdue to host ECWCA 2009!
By Dana Driscoll

OWL EYE ON....East Central Writing Center Association Conference 2009: Purdue is proud to be hosting next year's ECWCA conference during early April 2009.  More informataoin to follow soon! ..

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Young Scholars in Writing is currently seeking submissions for Volume 6; the deadline for submissions June 30, 2008.
By Dana Driscoll

Young Scholars in Writing offers a site for publication of undergraduate research in all aspects of writing and learning to write. The journal is both peer reviewed by undergraduate writers and authors of published articles and reviewed by members of..

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