I think it is a fragment sorry if I’m wrong.
<span>The question says,'before you use one of the encyclopedias, check .......... its copyright date'. The correct option is A. This is because, the statement is referring to only one of the encyclopedias, and the correct possessive noun for an inanimate object like encyclopedia is it's. 'Their' will only be correct if the statement is referring to all the encyclopedias.</span>
Answer: proper noun
Explanation:
person, place, or thing - proper noun
Jamey should write an outline first to plan his paper.
The first step of writing a good paper is to make an outline to organize your ideas.
He should not write down all of his research and organize it because it is unnessecary to rewrite all of his research and unimportant to organize the research. It is most important to write an outline and this is what English teachers are looking for you to understand.