Nominal Clause

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A Nominal Clause is a subordinate clause that functions as a noun phrase.

  • AKA: Noun Clause.
  • Context:
  • Example(s):
    • I don't know [where he went]”; replacement test: “I don't know [that]
    • [That she can't lift her foot] concerns me”; replacement test: “[It] worries me
    • [Smoking cigarettes] can cause cancer.”; replacement test: “[They] can cause cancer
    • [When you did it] is not what I'm after.”; replacement test: “[That] is not what I'm after
  • Counter-Example(s):
  • See: Linguistic Clause, Verb Clause.


References

2009