NOUN CLAUSE

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NOUN CLAUSE

• Noun clauses as the name implies function as
  nouns. That is they are word groups with their
  own subject and verb that in turn function as a
  subject object or complement in a sentence.
  Noun clauses also function sometimes as nouns of
  direct address or as appositives.

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• Whatever you ask is going to be too much.
  (Whatever you ask is a noun clause and the
  subject of the sentence.) We expect that the
  rain will stop soon. (that the rain will stop
  soon is the object of the verb hope.) This
  is what I was waiting for. (what I was waiting
  for is the complement.)

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• I will give whoever writes the best essay an A
  in the course. (whoever writes the best essay
  is the indirect object.) She spends money for
  whatever she wants. (whatever she wants is the
  object of the preposition.) Whoever you are
  come out of there. (Whoever you are is a noun
  of direct address.)

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• I dont want it whatever it is. (whatever it
  is is an appositive.)  

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ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

• Adjective clauses modify nouns or pronouns. Most
  adjective clauses are also known as relative
  clauses because they are usually introduced by
  the relative pronoun who which that whose or
  whom. The relative pronoun is the subject or
  object of the clause it begins. Adjective clauses
  also usually appear immediately after the word
  that they modify.

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ADVERB CLAUSE

• Adverb clauses are the type illustrated in the
  above discussion of complex sentences. In
  Because the rain fell for three days every
  street in town was flooded the because clause
  is adverbial. An adverb clause usually modifies a
  verb but it may modify an adjective an adverb
  or even the rest of the sentence in which it
  appears. In our sample sentence the because
  clause actually modifies the rest of the sentence
  (the independent clause).

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FUNCTIONS OF NOUN CLAUSE

• Subject of the sentence
• EX That he had even asked her made her angry.
• Direct Object
• EX Nobody knows how he got involved in such
  activities.
• Indirect Object
• EX I will inform who took the last exam of the
  score next week.

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FUNCTIONS OF NOUN CLAUSE

• Subject Complement
• EX The insult was that he had even asked her.
• Object of a Preposition
• EX She found fault in what he had asked her.
• Object Complement
• EX You can call him what you wish.

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FUNCTIONS OF NOUN CLAUSE

• Appositive to the Subject
• EX We that are older understand life better that
  children.
• Appositive to the Object
• EX I hate those that oppose me.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

• Adjective Clause is used to modify a noun or a
  pronoun. An adjective clause begins with the
  relative pronouns who whom that
  whose or which.
• EX They are searching for the one who borrowed
  the book.
• Did I tell you about the author whom I met
• The books that people read were mainly
  religious.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADJECTIVE CLAUSE

• EX The meat which they ate was tainted.
• The book which has the blue cover is mine.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADVERB CLAUSE

• A subordinate adverb clause can be introduced by
  the subordinating conjunctions in the following
  cases
• Adverb Clause of Cause and Effect with
• because since so (that) in order (that)
• EX You shouldnt go out because it is raining
  now.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADVERB CLAUSE

• Adverb Clause of Time with after before
  since when while whenever as as soon as
  once until as/so long as by the time now
  that
• EX After Hamlets uncle Claudius married
  Hamlets mother Hamlet wanted to kill him.
• Adverb Clause of Place
• EX You can go wherever you like.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADVERB CLAUSE

• Adverb Clause of Condition with if unless
  even if only if in case (that) whether or not
  in the event (that) provided (that).
• EX If the British co-operate the Europeans may
  achieve monetary union.
• Adverb Clause of Opposition with although
  whereas even though though while.
• EX They went on a field trip although it was
  raining.

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FUNCTIONS OF ADVERB CLAUSE

• Adverb Clause of Manner with as if as
  though.
• EX He speaks English as if he were a native
  speaker.
• Adverb Clause of Comparison with than as.
• EX She is taller than her sister is.