noun clause

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. a subordinate clause that functions as a noun within a main clause.

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Example Sentences

Show how the noun clause may be made prominent.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

The noun clause, in its various uses as subject, object, in apposition, etc., often contains a subjunctive.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

The noun clause may be contracted by making the predicate, when changed to an infinitive phrase, the objective complement, and the subject the object complement.

From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd

Tell how each noun clause is used in these sentences:— 1.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

Use but that when but is a conjunction and that introduces a noun clause; as, There is no doubt but that he will go.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas