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I want to express my gratitude to all the students and general readers who have already visited my Blog-spot. I convey my special thanks to Samrat Dutta, a current student of class x, who opened this Blog for me. Till today 1020 hits have been registered. Considering the fact that this Blog-spot was opened on 9th July,2015 , it is a remarkable achievement. Thanks again.
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Now let us go back to our lesson. I promised to talk about SUB-ORDINATE NOUN CLAUSE.
A noun clause does the work of a noun or noun phrase. It is the most difficult clause to identify. So we shall try to identify it through examples.
1. Subject of a verb= That Apratim is a very good photographer is known to all.
( If you study the structure of the sentence you will find that it consists of two clauses a) That Apratim is a very good photographer & b) (it) is known to all. Clause-a is a noun clause. It has been used as the subject of the verb ''is known'' in the principal clause. Therefore we do not need to use the introductory ''IT" as the subject of the verb ''is known''.)
2. Object of a verb= Ranjit said that he was going to stay at Pelling in December this year.
( This is the most common use of the noun clause. We can find the subject and object of a verb very easily by asking the verb only two questions--what & whom. We have learnt it when we were discussing the rules for VOICE CHANGE.)
3. Complement of a verb=That is what we expected of him.
(If you study the above sentence you will definitely notice that the principal clause =That is sounds incomplete in meaning unless we add the second part =what we expect of him. When this type of situation happens we need a noun clause to complement the meaning. I hope you will be able to understand what I am trying to make you understand. Without understanding we can not solve the mystery and romance of the language. The nuances of language must be perceived rather than understood. Enjoy it. )
4. Object of a preposition= I know nothing of what Puspita will say.
Listen to what your teachers say.
( Study the above mentioned two sentences. In both the sentences the prepositions of & to have been used as appropriate prepositions. They are part of the verbs know & listen. If the prepositions had not blocked the verbs we could say that the sub-clause is an object to the verb. Instead we are taught by the grammarians that the above mentioned noun clauses are objects to the preceding prepositions.
5.Object to a missing preposition= Urmi was afraid (of) that somebody might kidnap her.
They felt sorry(for) that they lost the match.
( I don't think I need to explain anything here. You yourself can understand the logic here. )
6 Apposition to nouns or pronouns= It is true that the woman is blind.
It was important that you were present in the meeting.
( In the first sentence if we ask the question what is true? the answer would be= that the woman is blind. it means we are stating the same thing again in the same sentence. similarly in the second sentence if we ask what was important? the answer would be= that you were present in the meeting. This is when we identify noun clause as an apposition to either a noun or a pronoun. )
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spk-31/7/15
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