Comma Rules 1-3

I grew up with buckets, SHOVELS AND NETS, waiting by the back door

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• shovels, and nets

• shovels and nets

• shovels, nets

LOVING THE WATER AND ITS ANIMALS my mother became a marine biologist.

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• Loving the water, and its animals

• Loving the water and its animals,

• Loving, the water and its animals

The moon is aligned with the Earth and the sun WHEN FULL OR NEW, SO ITS GRAVITY combines with the sun’s gravity to create an even stronger gravitational pull.

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• when full, or new so its gravity

• when full or new so its gravity,

• when full or new so its gravity

IN OUR HOUSE BY THE SEA, this was everyday knowledge.

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• In our house, by the sea,

• In, our house by the sea

• In our house by the sea

OFTEN MY BROTHER AND I joined our mother on her adventures into tidal lands.

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• Often, my brother and I

• Often my brother, and I

• Often my brother and I

Sometimes we would dig with shovels IN THE MUD, AND WE found yellow and white worms living in leathery tunnels.

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• in the mud and we

• in the mud, because we

• in the mud, we

FOR PLANKTON TOWS, WE would stand on the bridge while Mom lowered a cone-shaped net that is often used by marine biologists.

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• For plankton, tows we

• For plankton tows we

• Since plankton tows we

After a while, she would pull up THE NET AND WE would go home.

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• the net, and we

• the net, we

• the net we

Our meals weren’t always served in the expected order of BREAKFAST LUNCH AND SUPPER.

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• breakfast, lunch and supper

• breakfast, lunch, and supper

• breakfast, lunch and, supper

I knew that it took about eight hours for the tides to change from HIGH TO LOW, AND SIXTEEN HOURS for a complete cycle of tides.

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• high to low and sixteen hours

• high to low because sixteen hours

• high to low. Also sixteen hours