noun clause

American  

noun

Grammar.

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

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Example Sentences

The third diagram illustrates the analysis of a complex sentence containing a compound noun clause.

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

The adjective forgetful is modified by the noun clause that … dyspepsia.

From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo

The noun clause may be made prominent by separating it and inserting the independent clause between its parts, +Example+.—The story of William Tell, it is now believed, is a myth.

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

In the sentence, Whom she means, I do not know, the relative clause is, whom she means, and is a noun clause forming the object of the verb know.

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas