Grammar+Tips

Be sure to write a sentence of your own that practices these skills in your Google Doc.

=**Numerals**= 1. Spell numbers smaller than 10 out in a sentence. Writing a number as a numeral (e.g. 8 or 103) is done in recipes or situations where you want to call out the value of that number. If the number is greater than 10 you can use the numerals. //EX. The team advanced one yard.//

2. If you added a number over nine to the example above, then you would use numerals instead of words when you write both numbers.

//EX. The team advanced 1 yard on the first drive and 12 inches on the second drive.//

3. The Connor Rule If you have a third number appear (that is lower than 10) in a sentence, but it isn't connected to the subject of the other two, you should spell it out. EX. Five students were shocked that t // he team advanced 1 yard on the first drive and 12 inches on the second drive. //

=Quotation Marks= 1. Punctuation goes inside quotation marks // Ex. “I’m awesome. You should probably follow me.” //

2. If a quote is part of a sentence, you need a comma to introduce or end the quote // Ex. I said, “That is my chair.” // // Ex. ////“Mickey Mouse is so cute,” she said. //

3. When using quotes, question marks and exclamation points overpower the periods. That means that no period is necessary in a sentence if someone is asking a question at the end of the sentence. // Ex. I was about to ask, “Do you think he has the nerve?” //

4. Within quotes, question marks and exclamation points overpower commas in the middle of a sentence. // Ex. "Do you think this test is hard?” she asked. //

5. Use single quotation marks for quotes within quotes. Note that the period goes inside all quote marks.

Ex. He said, "Danea said, 'Do not treat me that way.'"

6. Do not use quotation marks with quoted material that is more than three lines in length.

7. When you are quoting something that has a spelling or grammar mistake or presents material in a confusing way, insert the term sic in italics and enclose it in brackets. Sic means, "This is the way the original material was." Ex. She wrote, "I would rather die then [sic] be seen wearing the same outfit as my sister."

--Should be than, not then.