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1、noun(nominal)clauseDEFINITIONIn Englishgrammar,a nounclause isa dependentclause thatfunctionsasanoun (thatis,asa subject, object,orcomplement)withina sentence.Alsoknownasa nominalclause.TwocommontypesofnounclauseinEnglishare that-clausesand wh-clauses:·that-clause:Ibelieve thateverythinghappensfora
2、reason.·wh-clause:HowdoIknow whatIthink,untilIsee whatIsay?SeeExamplesandObservationsbelow.Alsosee:·PracticeinBuildingSentencesWithNounPhrasesandNounClauses·Anticipatory It and Dummy It·ComplementClause·Extraposition·Gerund·Infinitive·NounPhrase·Putative Should·That-Clause·What-Clause EXAMPLESANDOB
3、SERVATIONS·"WhenMrs.FrederickC.Little'ssecondsonarrived,everybodynoticed thathewasnotmuchbiggerthanamouse."(E.B.White, StuartLittle,1945) ·"WhatIlikedoingmostofallintheevenings,thesedays, issittinginagormlessstuporinfrontofthetelevision,eatingchocolate."(JeremyClarkson, TheWorldAccordingtoClarkson.
4、PenguinBooks,2005) ·"Auniversityis whatacollegebecomes whenthefacultylosesinterestinstudents."(JohnCiardi, SaturdayReview,1966) ·"Iknow thattherearethingsthatneverhavebeenfunny,andneverwillbe.AndIknow thatridiculemaybeashield,butitisnotaweapon."(DorothyParker) ·"Ibelieve thatthereisasubtlemagnetism
5、inNature,which,ifweunconsciouslyyieldtoit,willdirectusaright."(HenryDavidThoreau,"Walking") ·"Thethoughtofstarscontributedtothepowerofhisfeeling. Whatmovedhimwasasenseofthoseworldsaroundus,ourknowledgehoweverimperfectoftheirnature,oursenseoftheirpossessingsomegrainofourpastandofourlivestocome."(Joh
6、nCheever, OhWhataParadiseItSeems.RandomHouse,1982) ·"WhoeverwasthepersonbehindStonehenge wasonedickensofamotivator,I'lltellyouthat."(BillBryson, NotesFromaSmallIsland.Doubleday,1995) ·"Howweremember,whatweremember,and whyweremember formthemostpersonalmapofourindividuality."(ChristinaBaldwin) ·"Howp
7、eopleknewwhentheywerebeingtrailed hefoundhimselfunabletoimagine."(EdmundCrispin[RobertBruceMontgomery], HolyDisorders,1945) ·"Thisisthestoryof whataWoman'spatiencecanendure,andof whataMan'sresolutioncanachi
