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Please help me punctuate this sentence:

All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned.

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[nq:1]All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned. (Thanks)[/nq] All through the long history of earth, it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents, receded, and then returned.

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  • [nq:1]All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned.
  • (Thanks)[/nq] All through the long history of earth, it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents, receded, and then returned.
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[nq:1]All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned. (Thanks)[/nq]
All through the long history of earth, it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents
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[nq:2]All through the long history of earth it has been ... pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned. (Thanks)[/nq]
[nq:1]All through the long history of earth, it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, where the tides have pressed forward over the continents, receded, and then returned.[/nq]
I agree, but for the sake of completene
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John wanted this mess punctuated:
[nq:1]All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned.[/nq]
David offered:
[nq:1]All through the long history of earth, it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land, wh
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[nq:1]John wanted this mess punctuated:[/nq]
OK, I'll chime in take David's sentence, drop the comma after "earth", but use one after "unrest".

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[nq:1]All through the long history of earth it has been an area of unrest where waves have broken heavily against the land where the tides have pressed forward over the continents receded and then returned.[/nq]
You didn't ask for this, but I would replace the second "where" with "and". Leaving the two "where" clauses in apposition makes it harder to digest because of their dissimilar sizes an
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