Writing Academic English 4th Edition

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,INDEPENDENTCLAUSE---,
S v I NOUNCLAUSE(OBJECT) I
Thecatalogstatesthatsciencecoursesrequirea laboratoryperiod.

Theyoungfilmmakerhopesthathisfilmwillbea financialsuccess.

Theyoungfilmmakerhopeshisfilmwillbea financialsuccess.
Thathisfilmisa criticalsuccessisbeyonddoubt.
Hisfilmis a criticalsuccessis beyonddoubt.

CiI1Ollpte\l'i2 I NounClauses 195

Athatclausecanappearindifferentlocations.
1.Aftertheindependentclauseverb. Themostcommonpositionofa
nounclauseisaftertheverboftheindependentclause,whereit functions
astheobjectofthatverb.

Wewillstudyeachkindinthischapter.

Youcansometimesomitthatifthemeaningis clearwithoutit.However,youcan
neveromitthatwhenit is thefirstwordina sentence.

Athatclauseis a dependentnounclausethatbeginswiththewordthat.

Theyoungfilmmakerhopesthathisfilmwillbea financialsuccess.

Therearethreekindsofnounclauses:
1.thatclauses,whichbeginwiththewordthat


  1. if/whetherclauses,whichbeginwiththewordswhetherorif
    3.questionclauses,whichbeginwitha questionword,suchaswho,what,
    where,when,orhow


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