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Midwestcreative Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Adjective clause or noun clause?

In this sentence -

Saturday is when I will fix the faucet.

is "when I will fix the faucet" a noun clause or an adjective clause?
  

Top answer

It is an adverbial clause.

  • It is an adverbial clause.
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34 Answers
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It is an adverbial clause.
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I'd say noun, but others will have different opinions.

CJ
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Adverb clauses can be recognized because they are introduced by a particular word or phrase (such as "when", "so that", etc.). These words and phrases are called subordinating conjunctions, and there are many of them, including after, before, until, while, because, since, as, so that, in order that, if, unless, whether, though, although,
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A noun clause is an entire clause which takes the place of a noun in another clause or phrase.

1 Saturday is a day.
2 Saturday is when I will fix the faucet.

Adverb clauses can be recognized because they are introduced by a particular word or phrase (such
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It is a noun clause obtained by reducing an adjective clause.

"Saturday is (the day) when I will fix the faucet." was the original sentence.

See also:

State hospital is where I was born.

State hospital is the place where I was born.

Here the first "where I was born" is a noun phrase. But in the second sentence, it is an adjective clause m
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Goodman's 2 cents Emotion: big smile

I could be wrong but I agree with “adverbial clause” because my understanding is that when we use
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I think you've got the direction of the implication wrong! Emotion: smile
That site, and many others like it, is saying that an adverbial c
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I read some books about grammar.There is an example which may help us analyze this sentence.

B is the place where (in which) I was born.

This sentence is a attributive clause."where",as a adverb,replaces the antecedent(time,place or reason).And in the subordinate clause it works as adverbial modifier.

Analyzing this sentence would be easier...
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the above sentence as you ask is a noun clause
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Hi guys,

Saturday is when I will fix the faucet.

It seems like a noun clause to me. How about:

I don't know when I will fix the faucet or When I will fix the faucet depends on my schedule.

Does an

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