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Understanding Noun Clauses in English

This document discusses noun clauses and their functions as subjects or objects. It provides examples of different types of noun clauses introduced by conjunctions like who, whom, which, what, whose, when, where, why, that, how, if, whether. It notes that "that" is the only conjunction that can be omitted when the noun clause is the object. It also explains that a noun clause can be abbreviated to an infinitive phrase if the conjunction is a question word, the subjects are the same, and the subclause contains a modal verb.

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Understanding Noun Clauses in English

This document discusses noun clauses and their functions as subjects or objects. It provides examples of different types of noun clauses introduced by conjunctions like who, whom, which, what, whose, when, where, why, that, how, if, whether. It notes that "that" is the only conjunction that can be omitted when the noun clause is the object. It also explains that a noun clause can be abbreviated to an infinitive phrase if the conjunction is a question word, the subjects are the same, and the subclause contains a modal verb.

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NOUN CLAUSE

Berfungsi sebagai Subject / Object

A. Perbedaan Adjective Clause dan Noun Clause


Adjective Clause Conjunction-nya jatuh setelah Noun, karena berfungsi
menjelaskan Noun.
Noun Clause Conjunction-nya tidak jatuh setelah Noun.
Conjunction-nya biasanya berdiri di depan atau jatuh
setelah verb/preposition karena fungsinya sebagai
Subject/Object.

B. Pola Noun Clause


1. Who = Siapa yang  Verb : Pengganti Orang
2. Whom = Siapa yang  S+V : Pengganti Orang
3. Which = Mana yang  N / S+V / V : Pilihan Benda
4. What = Apa yang  N / S+V / V : Menyatakan Jenis
5. Whose = Yang (N) nya N / S+V / V : Menyatakan Kepemilikan
6. When = Ketika  S+V : Menyatakan Waktu
7. Where = Dimana  S+V : Menyatakan Tempat
8. Why = Kenapa  S+V : Menyatakan Alasan
9. That = Bahwa  S+V : Menjelaskan Pernyataan
10. How = Bagaimana  S+V : Metode / Proses / Cara
11. If = Apakah  S+V : Menyatakan 2 Pilihan
12. Whether = Apakah  S+V : Menyatakan 2 Pilihan
Examples:

1. KPK is investigating who smuggled BOS fund last year.


2. Whom we helped in the past will help us in the future.
3. The Minister of Education is considering which curriculum is
appropiate.
Which one do you like of these food?
4. The doctor does not mention what treatment is used to cure disease.
What makes me happy today is knowing that I get the scholarship.
5. We are wondering whose child is crying in the park.
Whose IELTS score is under 6,5 can not register the scholarship.
6. I remember when The Earthquake strucked Yogyakarta
7. The police is interrogating where the criminals hide the evidence.
8. Why the company is bankrupt is not known by many people
9. Many people realize that Education is an important aspect to increase
people’s life quality.
10. We are thinking about how Indonesia can be free from corruption.
We are thinking about how to fight corruption in Indonesia.
11. Some of the students in Pare have not decide if they will study TOEFL or
IELTS.
12. The scientists have wondered whether life exists or not elsewhere in the
universe.

C. Omitting and Abridgement in Noun Clause


1. Omitting
From all of the conjunctions in NC, “That” is the only conjunction that
can be omitted when “that” becomes “object”.
examples:
I agree that education is essential for our life.
I agree education is essential for our life.
2. Abridgement
Abridgement is changing noun clause to be “to infinitive”
 To infinitive
The requirements:
a. The conjunction is from question word
b. Subject in sub clause is similar to subject in main clause
c. In sub clause, there must be “modal” such as “can, must,
should”
Examples:
I don’t know what I should do / I don’t know what to do

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