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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Is 'that-clause' an adverbial clause or a complement clause?
"I’m glad that we’ve won the match."
An English-Korean dictionary says that-clause above is an adverbial clause. However, from the definition for complement by Oxford - “one or more words, phrases, or clauses governed by a verb (or by a nominalization or a predicative adjective) that complete the meaning of the predicate” - I can guess this that-clause might be said as a complement clause. Can both be proper for this case?
An English-Korean dictionary says that-clause above is an adverbial clause. However, from the definition for complement by Oxford - “one or more words, phrases, or clauses governed by a verb (or by a nominalization or a predicative adjective) that complete the meaning of the predicate” - I can guess this that-clause might be said as a complement clause. Can both be proper for this case?
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I'm inclined to call it a complement. BillJ would be the one to answer this. If you look at the sentence, "I am glad," "glad" is of course an adjective complement.
- I'm inclined to call it a complement.
- BillJ would be the one to answer this.
- If you look at the sentence, "I am glad," "glad" is of course an adjective complement.
- What does the "that" clause modify?
- I'd say it modifies "glad," but I think Bill has a special term for this.
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I'm inclined to call it a complement. BillJ would be the one to answer this.
If you look at the sentence, "I am glad," "glad" is of course an adjective complement.
What does the "that" clause modify? I'd say it modifies "glad," but I think Bill has a special term for this.
Perhaps you could say that "glad that we've won the match" is all the complement to the copular v
If you look at the sentence, "I am glad," "glad" is of course an adjective complement.
What does the "that" clause modify? I'd say it modifies "glad," but I think Bill has a special term for this.
Perhaps you could say that "glad that we've won the match" is all the complement to the copular v
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