kommaer på engelsk

6) Jane Brown(,) who had fallen from a horse when she was six(,) was scared

8) He wrote a long letter to his mother(,) who lived in California.

9) I suppose people will wonder why it matters to me(,) and sometimes I wonder myself. 

12) The shop whose owner had been taken ill had been closed for a week.

Man kan argumentere for at sætte komma i sætning 12), da ..whose owner had been taken ill... 'bare' er ekstra information om butikken. Jeg havde nok haft en større tilbøjelighed til at sætte komma, hvis det havde været en bestem butik, som fx "the shop at Lincoln's street", eller "the biggest shop in town".

Generelt sættes der ikke komma foran en engelsk ledsætning.

Her er der udelukkende tale om parentetiske relativsætninger, og disse kræver et komma omkring sig for ikke at udtrykke en forkert mening. Det skal se således ud:

6) Jane Brown,  who had fallen from a horse, when she was six, was scared of horses.

8) He wrote a long letter to his mother,   who lived in California.

9) I suppose peoplel will wonder     why it matters to me and sometimes I wonder myself.

12) The shop,  whose owner had been taken ill had been closed for a week.