Noun Clause
adalah dependent clause yang berfungsi sebagai kata benda (noun). Klausa kata benda ini dapat berfungsi sebagai subyek maupun obyek di dalam suatu clause atau phrase lain.
Noun clause
Derived From:
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Introductory conjunction
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Function of Clause
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Examples
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1. a statement
Coffee grows in Brazil
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that
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subject
subject
after it
subjective
complement
object
of verb
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That coffee grows in Brazil is well known to all.
It
is well known that coffee grows in
Brazil.
I
know that coffee grows in Brazil
His
belief that coffee grows in Brazil is
correct.
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2. a question
Expecting yes or no answer
Will he get the money?
Interrogative word question
How will he get the money?
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Whether
(or not)
Also
If
who
what
which
when
where
why
how
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subject
subjective complement
object of verb
object of preposition
subject
subjective complement
object of verb
object of preposition
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Whether (or not) he gets the money doesn’t concern me.
The
question is whether he will get the
money.
Do
you know whether (or if) he will get the money?
We
were concerned about whether he would get the money.
How he gets the money is his own affair.
The
question is how he will get the money.
I
don’t know how he will get the money.
We
were concerned about how he would get
the money.
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3. a request
Write
the letter soon
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that
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object of verb
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He
suggested that I write the letter
soon.
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4. an exclamation
What a
pretty girl she is!
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what
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object of verb
object of preposition
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I hadn’t
realized what a pretty girl she was.
We
talked about what a pretty girl she
was.
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