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Eddie88 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A Puzzle for the experts: Noun clause or Adverb clause?
This is a sentence which puzzels me down to the very core. (I know there are better ways to write it).
Another example is when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands.
Is the words in italics a noun clause, acting as the subject complement or an adverb clause?
To me, it seems like both... (everything after the linking verb cannot be the subject complement as a main clause exists).
Thanks in advance!
Another example is when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands.
Is the words in italics a noun clause, acting as the subject complement or an adverb clause?
To me, it seems like both... (everything after the linking verb cannot be the subject complement as a main clause exists).
Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Another example [subject] is [linking verb] (that) when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands. [subject complement] ___ You wash your hands [main clause within the subject complement] when you go to the bathroom. [subordinate clause within the subject complement] The subordinate clause is adverbial.
- Another example [subject] is [linking verb] (that) when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands.
- [subject complement] ___ You wash your hands [main clause within the subject complement] when you go to the bathroom.
- [subordinate clause within the subject complement] The subordinate clause is adverbial.
- (adverb of time) CJ
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Another example [subject]
is [linking verb]
(that) when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands. [subject complement]
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You wash your hands [main clause within the subject complement]
when you go to the bathroom. [subordinate clause within the subject complement]
The subordina
is [linking verb]
(that) when you go to the bathroom, you wash your hands. [subject complement]
___
You wash your hands [main clause within the subject complement]
when you go to the bathroom. [subordinate clause within the subject complement]
The subordina
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Hi, CJ,
I was aware that 'that' can exist and that it was an adverbial clause,
but I was unaware that a main clause could be a part of a subject complement. Hence, I was totally confused.
I always thought a subject complement, in clause form, would have to be dependent.
Thanks for your help!
I was aware that 'that' can exist and that it was an adverbial clause,
but I was unaware that a main clause could be a part of a subject complement. Hence, I was totally confused.
I always thought a subject complement, in clause form, would have to be dependent.
Thanks for your help!
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Hi again,
although I am aware that the omitted 'that' can exist at the beginning of a complement clause, but could you tell me when or why? Sometimes my ear, when reading aloud, tells me 'that' can exist, but sometimes I am uncertain if it should exist for certain.
Thanks.
although I am aware that the omitted 'that' can exist at the beginning of a complement clause, but could you tell me when or why? Sometimes my ear, when reading aloud, tells me 'that' can exist, but sometimes I am uncertain if it should exist for certain.
Thanks.
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