User:ForDorothy/Noun clause

A noun clause is a dependent clause that functions as a noun within another clause. A noun clause might function as the subject, subject complement, direct object, indirect object, or object complement of a clause, or it might function as the object of either a preposition or a verbal within a clause.

=Noun clauses as subjects=
 * What you see is what you get.

It as a subject
=Noun clauses as subject complements= =Noun clauses as direct objects=
 * What you see is what you get.
 * You can't always get what you want.
 * I know what you did last summer.
 * In spite of everything, I still believe that people are basically good at heart.

=Noun clauses as indirect objects= I'll give whoever calls first the tickets

=Noun clauses as object complements=

=Noun clauses as objects of prepositions= music is a way for people to communicate with whomever they meet

=Noun clauses as objects of verbals=

past participles
=A section on word order? Words by which noun clauses are typically introduced?= =Hidden Track: Clause patterns= Any predication of a subject in English will take one of five forms.