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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Are these subordinate clauses?

I need to know what kind of phrases "what you know" in "Tell me what you know" and "how this could be achieved" in "They made him see how this could be achieved." are. I suspect the latter is an adverbial clause but "what" in the former is not a adverb and not a relative pronoun right?

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I need to know what kind of phrases "what you know" in "Tell me what you know"-- A relative clause. Although 'what' is not commonly listed with the relative pronouns, it is one here, where the noun clause is the direct object of 'tell'. "- Yes, adverbial subordinate clause.

— Mister Micawber

  • I need to know what kind of phrases "what you know" in "Tell me what you know"-- A relative clause.
  • Although 'what' is not commonly listed with the relative pronouns, it is one here, where the noun clause is the direct object of 'tell'.
  • "- Yes, adverbial subordinate clause.
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I need to know what kind of phrases "what you know" in "Tell me what you know"-- A relative clause. Although 'what' is not commonly listed with the relative pronouns, it is one here, where the noun clause is the direct object of 'tell'.

and "how this could be achieved" in "They made him see how this could be achieved."- Yes, adverbial subordinate clause.
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AnonymousI need to know what kind of phrases "what you know" in "Tell me what you know" and "how this could be achieved" in "They made him see how this could be achieved." are. I suspect the latter is an adverbial clause but "what" in the former is not a adverb and not a relative pronoun right?

Thanks in advance
Hi,

Both the "what you know
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Both the "what you know" and "how this could be achieved" are noun clauses
Yes, of course – 'How' doesn't tell how (grammatically) at all!
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Mister Micawber
Both the "what you know" and "how this could be achieved" are noun clauses
Yes, of course – 'How' doesn't tell how (grammatically) at all!
Hi,

Very much so. As in "a fine how do you do" (noun) or "Do you remember how they used to swim every day when they were kids?" (conjunction). Not every 'how' tells how, indee
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