Engelsk tegnsætning: Kommaregler og relativsætninger

A(1) Læs følgende sætninger igennem, læg mærke til, hvor der (i modsætning til dansk grammatisk kommatering) IKKE er komma:

He admitted that he was tired

He did not know what was the matter

I was sorry because I couldn’t come

Look how the children are enjoying themselves

Ask her if she can come

Peter turned pale when he heard about it

I don’t know why she cried her eyes out

The others had left before we got there

I En tommelfingerregel er således: aldrig komma foran: that, …

dvs: ÷ KOMMA foran bisætninger, der er

logisk nødvendige for hovedsætningen

hænger nøje sammen med hovedsætningen

A(2) Læs følgende sætninger; læg mærke til, hvor der (til forskel fra dansk grammatisk kommatering) IKKE er komma foran relativsætninger.

I only want to marry a man who loves me madly.

The woman that wanted to see you suddenly left.

This is the gentleman (whom) I was talking about.

That is the car (which) I would love to have.

I want to speak to the boy whose bike was stolen.

My car, which I bought 2 years ago, is now a rust heap.

Vicky, whose mother remarried last year, hates her stepfather.

The boys, who had been in trouble before, were caught redhanded.