Clauses

A relative clause is adjectival.

I really like what she did yesterday.
"What she did " is either a noun clause or a fused relative clause, isn't it?

Amir Oghlow"What she did " is either a noun clause or a fused relative clause, isn't it?

Both. There are many different names used to describe such clauses.

In English grammar, a free relative clause is a type of relative clause (that is, a word group beginning with a wh-word) that contains the antecedent within itself. Also called a nominal

I'd like to know when the train arrives.
Is "When the train arrives" a fused relative construction?

What do you think?

I'd like to know the time that (when) the train arrives.

No.

Amir OghlowI'd like to know when the train arrives.

"when the train arrives" is an indirect question; it is the complement of the verb "know".

"when" can be used in a fused relative construction, however:

I could have died when I saw the result. (example by Huddleston)
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I consider it quite a feat i

I met the man that I talked about.
Is it correct?

Amir OghlowIs it correct?

Yes.

But unless he was famous, I don't suppose you had much to talk about before you met him.

CJ

I met the man I talked about.
What about this?

Thank you in advance