How People Talk
In the United States, after 12th grade, students attend college. Wolf Angel points out that Canadians go to university (after grade 12).
At conferences, the people I know give a talk. Jim went to Paris and delivered a paper.
The dissertation committtees I've been familiar with consisted of the student's advisor and a handful of people who never met as a group except at the defense. Profgrrrrl is on a dissertation committee that not only meets but has a chair.
I could be late because of an accident on the freeway and decide to not collect the homework. My students would be late because of a wreck on the highway and wonder if I'd taken up the homework.
Do you put soda in a shopping cart or coke in a buggy?
At conferences, the people I know give a talk. Jim went to Paris and delivered a paper.
The dissertation committtees I've been familiar with consisted of the student's advisor and a handful of people who never met as a group except at the defense. Profgrrrrl is on a dissertation committee that not only meets but has a chair.
I could be late because of an accident on the freeway and decide to not collect the homework. My students would be late because of a wreck on the highway and wonder if I'd taken up the homework.
Do you put soda in a shopping cart or coke in a buggy?