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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Noun Clause question

(1) We cannot imagine what effects garbage will have on our lives.
(2) We are still not sure what benefits space exploration will bring us.

What's the original two sentences of these two Noun Clause?
How to separate it ?
  

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They’re not noun clauses, but interrogative content clauses (aka indirect questions). Here's what they mean: (1) We cannot imagine what effects garbage will have on our lives . '".

— Anonymous

  • They’re not noun clauses, but interrogative content clauses (aka indirect questions).
  • Here's what they mean: (1) We cannot imagine what effects garbage will have on our lives .
  • '".
  • (2) We are still not sure what benefits space exploration will bring us .
  • '".
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They’re not noun clauses, but interrogative content clauses (aka indirect questions). Here's what they mean:

(1) We cannot imagine what effects garbage will have on our lives.

This means "We cannot imagine what the answer is to the question 'what effects garbage will have on our lives?'".

(2) We are still not sure what benefits space exploration will
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Both "what effects garbage will have on our lives" and "what benefits space exploration will bring us" are interrogative content clauses. They cannot be used as complete sentences on their own unless you turn them into direct questions:

What effects will garbage have on our lives?
What benefits will space exploration bring us?
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