This is week two of my internship and the work load picked up this week. I was given the Index for the current issue of the Quarterly to compose. I was also given an article to review and make changes as I saw fit. Through working on all the reviews the last two weeks I have come to a realization that I had not previously considered. The use of a comma in the academic writing I was reviewing was much different than that of what I would use in my own work. For example, there would be a comma around the word and. I was taught all growing up that this was a strict rule that you do not do that. It was an eye opening experience that may seem trivial to most, but will impact my future writings for sure. I was doing this all while still working on collecting more information for the database. I have worked on compiling the information I am gathering through this database into something more user friendly that could possibly be put on a website to help other students find and contact professionals that focus, to some extent, on florida topics. This is all still a working process. I completed the Index and am finishing up the article I was given. I am also still further working with Dr. Lester and Dr. Murphree on the guest lecture and coordinating anything I can help with it.
What I Learned This Week:
This week I learned that within the workings of an academic journal there are several reviews done of the work, not only for continuity reasons, but for grammatical reasons as well.
I also learned this week that there is a huge variation on the use of commas in the academic world and that the age of the writer and the writers style can completely change the way an author uses commas within their work. It's something I have just never considered before. The rules with commas are much more fluid than I previously thought.
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