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Maelstrom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A quick question concerning punctuation

Isn't the following passage incorrect?

"Slaughters the gut yeast, candida, responsible for producing 180+ toxic chemicals in the blood stream."

I mean shouldn't the comma before "responsible" be skipped?
That'd mean the subject it's referring to(which is a supplement that's been claimed be have a lot of health benefits) IS responsible for producing over 180 toxic chemicals in the body, which would be amusing considering this is its advertisement.
  

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e. it is understood to mean "... ").

— GPY

  • e.
  • it is understood to mean "...
  • ").
  • Without the comma before "responsible" the sentence would not read properly.
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The original sentence means that the yeast candida is responsible for producing the toxins (i.e. it is understood to mean "... which is responsible ...").

Without the comma before "responsible" the sentence would not read properly.
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GPYThe original sentence means that the yeast candida is responsible for producing the toxins (i.e. it is understood to mean "... which is responsible ...").Without the comma before "responsible" the sentence would not read properly.
I thought it should be "Slaughters the gust yeast candida, which are responsible for producing the toxins."?
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maelstromI thought it should be "Slaughters the gut yeast candida, which is responsible for producing the toxins."?
With the corrections, that is OK too.

"the gut yeast, candida, ..." means that candida is a technical name for gut yeast.
"the gut yeast candida ..." means that candida is a type of gut yeast, leaving open
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