BAB 1
NOUN CLAUSE
A.    DEFINITION
A noun is used as subject or an object. A clause is a group of words that contain a subject an d verb. Clauses can take the place of different partsnof speech.
A noun clauses is a clauses function as a noun. It has its own subject and verb.
There are there basic types of noun clauses. These types are 1) noun clauses that start with a question word (where, how, who, when, why), 2) noun clauses that start with wheather or if, and 3) noun cluses that start with that.
B.     STRUCTUR
NOUN CLAUSES
QUESTIONS
CONJUSTION
1)      Noun clauses that start with a questions are usually used to answer a question. The following examples should better explain this
A.    I don’t know where sarik lives.
B.      I  don’t know what time it is.
Where does sarik live ?
What time is it ?
“where sarik lives”is a noun clause. We could answer this question without a noun clause by saying the following.
I don’t know sarik’s address. The noun phrase, sarik’s address, replaces with the noun clause, where sarik lives.
“What time it is”is a noun clause. We could answer this question without a noun clause by saying the following.
I don’t know the time. In this case, the noun phrase, the time, replaces the noun clause, what time it is.
2)      Noun clauses that start with whether or if. Noun clause that start with whether or if are used to answer yes or no type question. Whether and if are usually interchangeable. The following examples should better explain this.
A.    I don’t know if judy owns a Honda.
B.      I don’t know whether sadine will be at work on Friday.
Does judy own a Honda ?
Will sadine be at work on Friday ?
“if judy owns clauses by saying the following
I don’t know the answer. In this case, the noun phrase, the answer, replaces the noun clauses, if judy owns a Honda.
“Whether sadine will be at work on Friday”is noun clauses. We could answer this question without a noun clauses by saying the following.
I don’t know the answer. In this case, the noun phrase, the answer, replaces the noun clauses, whether sadine will be at work on Friday.
3)      Noun clauses that start with that.
Noun clauses that start with that are used to answer questions in which person who is answering is thinking, giving an opinion, or using a mental activity verb. The following examples should better explain this.
A.    I think that Dr.Elimelech is a good instructor
B.      I Believe that there is an ATM in the supermarket.
Is Dr.Elimelech a good instructor.
Do you know the location of an ATM ?
I think that Dr.Elimelech is a good instructor” is a noun clauses.
This noun clauses should be omitted by saying the following. I think so.
“That there is an ATM in the supermarket” is a noun clauses.
Most of the time, native speakers will drop the word that. It is perfectably scceptsble to say the following.
I think that there is an ATM in the supermarket. Or if believe is an ATM in the supermarket.