Noun clause
What i learnt in my training was never lie.
Is " what i learn in my training" a noun clause here?
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What I learnt in my training was never to lie . No, it's not a clause at all, but a noun phrase. This is called a 'fused' relative construction, where the antecedent and the relativized element are fused together instead of being expressed separately.
- What I learnt in my training was never to lie .
- No, it's not a clause at all, but a noun phrase.
- This is called a 'fused' relative construction, where the antecedent and the relativized element are fused together instead of being expressed separately.
- The underlined expression is thus a noun phrase whose head is fused with the first element of the relative clause.
- In your particular example, "what" is head of the noun phrase and object of the relative clause to give a meaning like that of the non-fused The thing which I learned in my training was never to lie .
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What I learnt in my training was never to lie.
No, it's not a clause at all, but a noun phrase.
This is called a 'fused' relative construction, where the antecedent and the relativized element are fused together instead of being expressed separately. The underlined expression is thus a noun phrase whose head is fused with the first element of the relative clause.
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