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Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas.

• I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and bananas.

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

(1) We should try to keep our parks clean and free of trash. (2) This shows that we want to take care of our natural resources. (3) To remind people, we post rules about how to take care of our parks. Which sentence could best follow sentence 3?

•  A. Knowing the rules will help people keep our parks clean. 
• B. Going to the parks on weekends can be fun for everyone. 
• C. Many people use the parks every weekend. 

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Father put the baby to bed at seven  o'clock, but she didn't fall asleep for a long time.

• simple
• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is the best way to revise this sentence:  A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag named Yao Ming.  

• A famous basketball player named Yao Ming carried the Chinese flag.
• The famous basketball player who carried the Chinese flag, he was named Yao Ming.
• A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag he was named Yao Ming.
• A famous basketball player carried the Chinese flag.  Who was named Yao Ming. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What change, if any, should be made in the following sentence:
They don't usually let humans get very close to them and they travel in places too dense for wildlife photographers to go.  

• Insert a comma after them
• Delete and
• Change places too dense to places to dense
• No change should be made.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A