Task 3 (Structure) Noun Clause

1. Noun Clause

  

Noun Clause is a clause that is used as a substitute for functioning as a noun or noun (noun). In addition to this Clause Noun, in fact there are other clauses such as Adverb Clause and Adjective Clause.

Examples Noun Clause :

• I often wonder how you are getting on with him.
• She feared that she would fail.
• They replied that they would come to this town.
• Do you know who stole the watch?

• I thought that it would be fine day.
• No one knows who she is.
• I did not know what he would do next.
• How the budget got in is a mystery.
• Pay careful attention to what I am going to say.
• I do not understand how all it happened

To go into an explanation of Noun Clause, please see the explanation below:

According to the original sentence types, noun clause can be classified into 4 types, namely:
1. Statement (statement)
2. Question (a question)
3. Request (request)
4. Exclamation (appeal).
 

Explanation:

1. Statement

 
     a. Conjunction used is: "that"
     b. The function of this clause are as:

          1) Subject Sentence
               • Kangaroo lives in Australia (statement)
               • That is Australia Kangaroo lives is well known to all (Noun Clause)
          2) The subject sentence after "It"
               • It is well known to All That Kangaroo lives in Australia
          3) Object Complement
               • My conclusion Is that Kangaroo lives in Australia
          4) Objects of Verbs
               • All people well Understand That Kangaroo lives in Australia
          5) Apositif
               • My conclusion is That Kangaroo lives in Australia is correct.

2. Question
A. Yes / No Question
     a. Conjunction used is: "whether (or not / or if)"
     b. The function of this clause are as:

         1) Subject Sentence
             • Can She drives the car? (Question)
             • Whether She can drive the car does not concern me. (Noun Clause)
            = Whether or not She can drive the car does not concern me. (Noun Clause)
            = Whether She can drive the car or not does not concern me. (Noun Clause)
            = Whether or if SHE can drive the car does not concern me. (Noun Clause)
        2) Object Complement
            • My question is whether She can drive the car.
        3) Objects of Verbs
            • I really wonder whether She can drive the car (or not).
        4) Objects Word Home
            • We discussed about whether She can drive the car.

B. Wh-Question
    a. Conjunction used is: "Tanya's own words"
    b. The function of this clause are as:

       1) Subject Sentence
           • What is he doing? (Question)
           • What She is doing does not concern me. (Noun Clause)
       2) Object Complement
           • My question is what She is doing.
       3) Objects of Verbs
           • I really wonder what She is doing.
       4) Objects Word Home
           • We discussed about what She is doing.
Note: Position back to normal, not like the position of a normal question.

3. Request
    a. Conjunction used is: "that"
    b. The function of this clause are as:

      1) Objects of Verbs
          • Read the book! (Request)
          • He suggested that i read the book. (Noun Clause)
Note: An exclamation mark is missing.

4. Exclamation
    a. Conjunction used is: "Tanya is used in the sentence itself"
    b. The function of this clause are as:

     1) Objects of Verbs
         • What a pretty girl She is? (Exclamation)
         • I never realize what a pretty girl She is. (Noun Clause)
     2) Objects Word Home
         • We are talking about what a pretty girl She is.
Additional Notes:
• Noun clause with "that" is used as the subject of a sentence only with certain verbs. And verbs (verb) what is important is the linking verb, especially BE.
• Noun clause with "that" often the object of the verb (the verb), some of these verbs usually have a subject that shows humans. The words are foremost a verb that is used in Indirect Speech Berta verb that states of mental activity. 

a. Indirect Verbs Sentence

Admit, agree, allege, announce, argue, assert, assure, declare, aver, Boast, claim, complaint, Confess, convince, deny, disagree, explain, foretell, hint, inform, INSIST, maintain, notify, persuade, pray, Predict, proclaim, promise, relate, remark, remind, report, say, state, Swear, teach, tell, threaten, warn.

b. Verbs of Mental Activity

Ascertain, assume, believe, calculate, care (for the negative or interrogative sentences), conceive, conclude, consider, convince, Decide, discover, doubt, dream, expect, fancy, feel, find out, forget, grant, guess, Hear, hold (of opinion), hope, imagine, indicate, know, judge, learn, mean, mind (for the negative or interrogative sentences), notice, perceive, presume, pretend, PROVE, question, realize, recall, reckon, recollect, Reflect, regret, Rejoice, remember, reveal, see, show, suppose, surmise, think, trust, understand, wish.

Example:
1. Alex thinks That Mary is ill.
2. Bob Had toll me that he finished breakfast.
3. Henry Says That He is very busy.
4. He insists That there is a mistake.
5. He complained to his friend That his wife could not cook.

• In unofficial conversations (informal) "that" is often omitted from the objects clause if it means (meaning) is clearly understandable in the absence of "that".
Example:
1. I am sorry (that) I could not meet you at the station.
2. He says (that) They plan to come to the dance.
3. We thought (that) Had you already left for abroad.
4. The reason We returned so early is, (that) one of the children got sick.

• Noun clause of the question (question) is located after the verb that requires two objects may serve as one or both of the objects of these verbs.
Example:
1. Give the man (Indirect Object) what is in this envelope (Direct Object)
2. Give what is in the envelope to the man.

• Noun clause of the questions may be preceded by the words that serves as a question: pronouns, adjectives, or adverbs. The words used were: Pronoun = WHO (ever), what (ever (, the which. (Ever), Adjective = Whose, what (ever), which (ever), Adverb = how (ever), Pls (ever) , where (ever), why.
Example:
1. We do not know who Will be coming from the employment agency. (WHO is the subject of the Will be coming)
2. We do not know Whom Will send the employment agency. (Whom is the object of Will send)
3. We will ask whoever comes from the employment agency. (Whoever is the subject of comes)
4. We will ask whomever sends the employment agency. (Whomever is the object of sends)

• In a Noun Clause of the questions, subjects and verbs have a common structure, which is located after the introductory word.

• Noun clause of the request starts with That-clause is most often an object of the verb which states request, suggestion, or desire, and so on.
Example:
1. He is Requesting That a company car be placed at his disposal.
2. That the doctor recommended he take a vacation.
3. It was suggested That She immediately leave.
4. It was proposed That the meeting be adjourned.

• Sometimes "that" which is the beginning of said clause may be replaced with an array of infinitive after verbs indicating such request advise, ask, beg, command, desire, forbid, order, request, require, argue.

• The subject of That-clause often in the passive form of verbs of Requesting the composition of anticipatory it.