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==== noun clause ==== | ==== noun clause ==== | ||
* = a clause that functions as a thing or idea ( | * = a clause that functions as a thing or idea (noun) | ||
** ex.: "What I love to eat the most is steak" | * = often introduced by ''what, when, where, wherever'' | ||
*** " | * = a clause that acts as a subject, object, subject complement or object of a preposition, ex.: | ||
** subject: "'''What''' ''I love to eat the most'' is steak" | |||
*** "''What I love to eat the most''" = a clause that operates as the subject to the verb "is" | |||
*** "'''Wherever''' ''we end up'' is fine with me" | |||
** subject complement or object: " | |||
*** "The teacher liked '''what''' ''Johnny said''" | |||
*** "I taught whoever ''would listen''" | |||
** preposition: | |||
*** "She recognized him '''for''' ''who he really is''" | |||
*** "Saddened '''by''' ''what he read'', he cried" | |||
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