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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Noun clause
In this sentence...His one worry,that he would use up his inheritance, came true. What is the noun clause?
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Traditionally, the expression "that he would use up his inheritance" was seen as a noun clause (sometimes called a that- clause). But grammar has moved on and for good reason we now call it a content clause , which in your example is functioning as complement of the noun "worry". BillJ
- Traditionally, the expression "that he would use up his inheritance" was seen as a noun clause (sometimes called a that- clause).
- But grammar has moved on and for good reason we now call it a content clause , which in your example is functioning as complement of the noun "worry".
- BillJ
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Traditionally, the expression "that he would use up his inheritance" was seen as a noun clause (sometimes called a that-clause). But grammar has moved on and for good reason we now call it a content clause, which in your example is functioning as complement of the noun "worry".
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