everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse." (E.B.

White, Stuart Little, 1945)

"I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon." (Dorothy Parker)

"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright." (Henry David Thoreau)

"Whoever was the person behind Stonehenge was one dickens of a motivator, I'll tell you that." (Bill Bryson, Notes From a Small Island. Doubleday, 1995)

"How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality." (Christina Baldwin)

"This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and of what a Man's resolution can achieve." (Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White, 1859)

"That dogs, low-comedy confederates of small children and ragged bachelors, should have turned into an emblem of having made it to the middle class--like the hibachi, like golf clubs and a second car--seems at the very least incongruous." (Edward Hoagland, "Dogs, and the Tug of Life")

"All sentences, then, are clauses, but not all clauses are sentences. In the following sentences, for example, the direct object slot contains a clause rather than a noun phrase. These are examples of nominal clauses (sometimes called 'noun clauses'):
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I know that the students studied their assignment. I wonder what is making Tracy so unhappy.

These nominal clauses are examples of dependent clauses--in contrast to independent clauses, those clauses that function as complete sentences." (Martha Kolln and Robert Funk, Understanding English Grammar, 5th ed., Allyn and Bacon, 1998)

"I have run, I have crawled, I have scaled these city walls, These city walls Only to be with you, Only to be with you. But I still haven't found what I'm looking for." (written and performed by U2, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," The Joshua Tree, 1987)

Also Known As: nominal clause

Working With Clauses

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Functions of a Noun

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Noun Clauses
See The Sentence for definitions of sentence, clause, and dependent clause. A sentence which contains just one clause is called a simple sentence. A sentence which contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses is called a complex sentence. (Dependent clauses are also called subordinate clauses.) There are three basic types of dependent clauses: adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses. (Adjective clauses are also called relative clauses.) This page contains information about noun clauses. Also see Adjective Clauses and Adverb Clauses.

A. Noun clauses perform the same functions in sentences that nouns do: A noun clause can be a subject of a verb: What Billy did shocked his friends. A noun clause can be an object of a verb: Billys friends didnt know that he couldnt swim. A noun clause can be a subject complement: Billys mistake was that he refused to take lessons. A noun clause can be an object of a preposition: Mary is not responsible for what Billy did. A noun clause (but not a noun) can be an adjective complement: Everybody is sad that Billy drowned. B. You can combine two independent clauses by changing one to a noun clause and using it in one of the ways listed above. The choice of the noun clause marker (see below) depends on the type of clause you are changing to a noun clause: To change a statement to a noun clause use that: I know + Billy made a mistake = I know that Billy made a mistake. To change a yes/no question to a noun clause, use if or whether:

propose : mengusulkan wish : ingin, berharap

Noun clause sebagai objek preposisi

Contoh: Please listen to what your teacher is saying. Budi pays full attention to how the native speaker is pronouncing the English word. Be careful of what youre doing.

Noun clause sebagai pelegkap

Contoh: The good news is that the culprit has been put into the jail. This is what I want. That is what you need.

Noun clause sebagai noun in apposition

Contoh: The idea that people can live without oxygen is unreasonable. The fact that Rudi always comes late doesnt surprise me.