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WANG CHUN Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Adj clause or noun clause

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00I don't know they are adj clause or noun clause. 02br
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001. Desert plants differ in (the ways that )they adapt themselves to arid places. 02br
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002. Direct mail and direct email are (two ways that) companies are able to mass target potential customers. 0-
  

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0 Hello **** Chun 02br 02br 001. Desert plants differ in the ways [that they adapt themselves to arid places]. 02br 002.

— Paco2004

  • 0 Hello **** Chun 02br 02br 001.
  • Desert plants differ in the ways [that they adapt themselves to arid places].
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  • Direct mail and direct email are two ways [that companies are able to mass target potential customers].
  • 02br 02br 00I take both as adjective clauses that modify "ways".
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0 Hello **** Chun 02br
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001. Desert plants differ in the ways [that they adapt themselves to arid places]. 02br
002. Direct mail and direct email are two ways [that companies are able to mass target potential customers]. 02br
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00I take both as adjective clauses that modify "ways". 02br
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00Noun clauses are like t
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0 Hello paco2004 02br
00Thank you for your answer. 02br
00Can you give me a hand with this sentence. 02br
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00(The statement that) all students should receive thr university education really strikes me as grossly exaggerated. 02br
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00This is noun or adj clause. 02br
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0 To **** CHUN 02br
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00You are making the same mistake again. "(The statement that)" is NOT a clause. A clause contains a verb and in traditional grammar is said to consist of a subject and predicate. 02br
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00Your sentence, "(The statement that) all students should receive thr university education really strikes me as grossly exaggerated." can be g
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Would you please explain why the clauses in following sentences are 'noun clauses'?

I don't know [who he is]

I don't remember [where I put it?]

I wonder [when she left].

I am not sure [what time it is?]
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Here is why, rishonly.

Those three verbs used in your examples (know, remember, wonder) are all transitive verbs requiring objects for which nouns are qualified. Therefore, the bracketed parts are noun clauses. With regard to the last example, 'be sure' is originally 'be sure of.' 'of' is a preposition. Prepositions too require objects. This 'of' is omitted when it is followed by interr
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Hi,

I think these are all good explanations. Here is another, using simpler, less abstract terms.

If you can replace the clause by a noun (sometimes with minor syntax changes), it's a noun clause.

I don't know [who he is] I don't know his name.

I don't remember [where I put it?] I d
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Thanks a lot, Komountain and Clive.
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You're welcome.

You will never go wrong if you memorize by rote that wh-clauses (excluding whether clauses) and preposition-led clauses are all noun clauses.
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The statement (that all students should receive their university education) really strikes me as grossly exaggerated.

"The statement that all students should receive their university education" is the subject of the sentence. The clause "that all students should receive their university education" is a noun or nominal clause functioning a
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Paco2004Hello **** Chun

1. Desert plants differ in the ways [that they adapt themselves to arid places].
2. Direct mail and direct email are two ways [that companies are able to mass target potential customers].

I take both as adjective clauses that modify "ways".

Noun clauses are like this;
[That they adapt themselves to arid place
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