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Jamal Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Function of noun clauses

I read in a grammer book about the funtion of the following noun clause:

I want to find out what the reason for the action is.
According to me, this noun clause should be object of preposition(out); but the book says it is the object of verb.
My reason is (to find out) ,here, is not a verb but a verbal(infinitive).

I need more clearification on this.
  

Top answer

'want' is transitive, and it takes the infinitive phrase 'to find out' as its object. ' as its object.

— Casi

  • 'want' is transitive, and it takes the infinitive phrase 'to find out' as its object.
  • ' as its object.
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'want' is transitive, and it takes the infinitive phrase 'to find out' as its object.
'to find out' is also transitive, and it takes the noun clause 'what the reason...' as its object.
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Dear Casi;
Thank you for the response.
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