Punctuation in Listed Items

Hard Standard English Conventions Conventions Of Punctuation

Read the following sentence:

Before going to the store, my friend said she wanted to buy apples oranges, and bananas for the fruit salad she was making.

Which of the following versions of the sentence correctly uses punctuation to clarify the list of items?

Before going to the store my friend said she wanted to buy apples, oranges and bananas for the fruit salad she was making.

Before going to the store, my friend said she wanted to buy apples oranges, and bananas, for the fruit salad she was making.

Before going to the store, my friend said she wanted to buy apples, oranges, and bananas for the fruit salad she was making.

Before going to the store my friend said she wanted to buy apples, oranges, and bananas, for the fruit salad she was making.

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