Title: Editor In Chief
1Editor In Chief
2Spelling
How does one know when to use into or in to? One
of the main uses of the preposition into is to
indicate movement toward the inside of a
place. ExampleThe children jumped into the lake
for a swim. In to is the adverb in followed by
the preposition to. ExamplesHe turned his paper
in to the teacher..
3Content
Study the illustration and caption carefully. Be
sure the information in the text matches the
correct information in the illustration and
caption.
4Content
Again.
5Punctuation
Use quotation marks to enclose direct quotes
enclose both parts of a divided quotation. Do
NOT use quotation marks with indirect
quotes. Example (direct quote) This beautiful
day, said Mark is too good to waste
indoors. Example (indirect quote) He said that
it was a beautiful day.
6Grammar
All verbs have four parts that help create the
verb tense. The past perfect tense is made up of
the helping verb had added to the past
participle (main verb). Example I had asked.
7Grammar
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other
adverbs. Adverbs tell how, when, where, how
often, how much, or to what extent. Regular
adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective
however, not all words that end in ly are
adverbs, and not all adverbs end in
ly. Example She ran quickly. (How did she
run?)
8Punctuation
Quotation marks are used to identify the title of
a song, story, poem, article, or book
chapter. Example We have to memorize
Jabberwocky by Thursday.
9Grammar
Tense refers to the time element expressed by a
verb. Verb tense shows whether an action has
already occurred, is now occurring, or will occur
in the future. Regular verbs form the past
and past participle by adding d or ed.
10Grammar (yes, its the second one)
Tense refers to the time element expressed by a
verb. Verb tense shows whether an action has
already occurred, is now occurring, or will occur
in the future. Regular verbs form the past
and past participle by adding d or ed.
11Usage
A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in
number, gender, and person. The antecedent is
the noun or noun phrase to which the pronoun
refers.
12Grammar
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
and adverbs are used to compare the degrees of
characteristics possessed by the objects they
modify. Most one syllable adjectives/adverbs add
the suffix er for comparative and est for
superlative. Some adjectives/adverbs add the word
more for comparative and most for
superlative. Ex quietly more quietly or most
quietly
13Spelling
Some words have the same form for the singular
and the plural. Examples sheep
deer bison
14Usage
An adjective and the noun or pronoun it modifies
must agree in number. When this, that, these,
and those are used as adjectives, they must
agree in number with the noun or pronoun that
they are modifying. Example Singular -
this bird, that alligator Plural -
these sparrows, those crocodiles