Examples Help! Definition and Meaning of a Noun Clause
What is a Noun Clause? First things first! A noun is the name of any person, place or thing as John, London or book. In English grammar, a clause is a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence. * Predicate definition: Predicate is the part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject and that usually consists of a verb with or without objects, complements, or adverbial modifiers.
The meaning or definition of a Noun Clause is as follows:
Definition & Meaning
A noun clause does the work of a noun in a sentence or phrase. It is a group of words containing a subject and a finite verb of its own.
Some Rules: noun clauses usually begin with words like how, why, what, where, when, who, that, which, whose, whether, etc. Also words like whoever, whenever, whatever and wherever
There are therefore just three basic types of noun clauses:
those that start with a question word such as where, how, who, when and why
those that start with whether, whatever etc or if
those that start with that.
Examples of the noun clause:
Where does John live?
If John buys a Ferrari
That Mr. Smith is a good teacher
You really do not want to know what Mrs. Smith gives her husband for dinner (what "Mrs. Smith gives her husband for dinner" is the noun clause)
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those that start with a question word such as where, how, who, when and why
