Nathan B. answered • 03/07/15
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"Taoism talks about how the universe in which we live is filled with many secrets. Do i need any commas around in which we live?"
If you put commas around "in which we live," that means that that section of the sentence can be seen as superfluous and unnessessary save for clarification issues (such as I drove my brother, Mike, and his wife to the movies).
Think of it this way: how well do you think the sentence stands if you wrote it as: "Taoism talks about how the universe is filled with many secrets." It works, but I'm not sure that the flow feel quite the same. The point is that either way is grammatically correct. The level of oomph in the statement is up to you.
"This can happen during meiosis, if the chromatins are alligned. Do i need a comma before if?"
No. What you have here is an independent clause followed by a dependent one (IC DC). If it were the dependent clause first, then yes, you would need a comma (DC, IC). Remove the comma in this case.
"The inhabitants of Asian countries, including Japan in which many healthy foods are eaten, tend to be healthear than Americans. Do i need a comma before in? Is it gramatically correct without one? Would the comma before including still be there?"
Yes, the comma before "including" is important. This goes back to the first one where I talked about superfluous statements and how if the full phrase can stand on its own without it:
The inhabitants of Asian countries tend to be healthear than Americans.
The Japan part is an interesting tidbit, but as you can see, it adds nothing to the principle of the statement.
Rachel M.
03/08/15