Question

A student is handwriting a letter to the editor, and writes the following sentence. Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors. Which option shows the correct format for the titles in this sentence?

1) Dear editor of the 'Springfield Times-Courier', I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
2) Dear editor of the 'Springfield Times-Courier', I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
3) Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
4) Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
5) Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
6) Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.
7) Dear editor of the 'Springfield Times-Courier', I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.

Answer 1

The correct format is to capitalize significant words of the newspaper's name and place the article title within single quotation marks, closing the quotation marks before the period.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct format for the titles in the sentence you provided is:

Dear editor of the Springfield Times-Courier, I am writing because your article 'Local Elementary School Grows a Garden' made several errors.

This format correctly capitalizes the newspaper title and places the article title within single quotation marks, which are closed before the period. It is standard to capitalize the significant words in the newspaper's name and to use quotation marks for article titles. Additionally, the salutation begins with 'Dear' followed by the appropriate title for the person you are addressing, in this case, 'editor.' The article title is not italicized, as it would be if it were a book or journal.