noun clause
Americannoun
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A noun clause may be contracted to an infinitive phrase.
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg
The noun clause may be contracted by changing the predicate to a participle, and the subject to a possessive.
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Brainerd Kellogg
The noun clause used as attribute complement is generally set off by the comma.
From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed
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 Brainerd Kellogg
The noun clause may be made prominent by introducing the independent clause parenthetically; as,"His story, we believe, is exaggerated."
From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed
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