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

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

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

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

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CCSS.L.4.1F

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

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

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

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E