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I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by A (It provides the best punctuation for the underlined portion. The phrase "waiting by the back door"
the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; describes the noun nets and is essential because it tells which nets the narrator "grew up with."
tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and Therefore, no comma should be placed after nets. The semicolon after the word door is appropriate
a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table. because semicolons are used between items in a series when one or more of these items include
commas. So, basically since each item also has a semicolon after it in the list, this item should also
Choose the best replacement answer for this part of have a semicolon after it to keep it the same.)
the sentence: "waiting by the back door;"
A. NO CHANGE
B. waiting, by the back door,
C. waiting by the back door,
D. waiting by the back door
, I grew up with buckets, shovels, and nets waiting by C (The verb form sitting is best here because it creates a parallel structure for all three items in the
the back door; hip-waders hanging in the closet; series: "nets waiting," "hip-waders hanging," "a microscope sitting.")
tide table charts covering the refrigerator door; and
a microscope was sitting on the kitchen table.
Choose the best replacement answer for this part of
the sentence: "was sitting"
A. NO CHANGE
B. would sit
C. sitting
D. sat
Having studied, my mother is a marine biologist. D (It offers the clearest, most concise wording for this sentence. "My mother is a marine biologist," is
a clear statement that avoids unnecessary or confusing words.)
Choose the best replacement answer for this part of
the sentence: "Having studied, my mother"
A. NO CHANGE
B. As my mother's interest is science, she is
C. My mother's occupation is that of
D. My mother is
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