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Gholamcc Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Please help

Hi. In this sentence:

I'm happy that you are here.

Why "that you are here" is a noun clause?

In fact if it is a noun clause, what has been substitution of? For example I know his address. I know where he lives. Here "where he lives" is a noun clause because it's function is like a "noun". But what is the function of "that you are here"?

  

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It seems adverbial to me. It modifies the adjective 'happy'. It could just as easily be written as "I'm happy because of the fact that you are here".

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  • It seems adverbial to me.
  • It modifies the adjective 'happy'.
  • It could just as easily be written as "I'm happy because of the fact that you are here".
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It seems adverbial to me. It modifies the adjective 'happy'.

It could just as easily be written as "I'm happy because of the fact that you are here".

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