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Though this may be false, the monkeys ate 3000 bananas each week.It can be used as a noun clause (subject) or the start of a dependent clause, most likely at the beginning of the sentence.
Yes, the subject pronouns function as the subject of a sentence or a clause.The subject pronouns are: I, you, we, he, she, it, and who.Examples:I do like that movie. (subject of the sentence)The movie that I like is on TV tonight. (subject of the relative clause)You may like the movie too. (subject of the sentence)You will also like the actor who is in it. (subject of the relative clause)
a clause has a subject and a verb and may or may not complete a though (depended on a subordinate clause or independent). A prepositional phrase has a preposition and the object of the preposition
The noun clause is "whatever may happen" which is functioning as the object of the preposition "for".A noun clause is a group of words with a subject (whatever) and a verb (may happen) but is not a complete sentence.A noun clause can function in a sentence as a noun, as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or a preposition.Examples:Whatever may happen will be a surprise. (subject of the sentence)He knew whatever may happen would be a surprise. (direct object of the verb 'knew')
The noun clause is "whatever may happen" which is functioning as the object of the preposition "for".A noun clause is a group of words with a subject (whatever) and a verb (may happen) but is not a complete sentence.A noun clause can function in a sentence as a noun, as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a verb or a preposition.Examples:Whatever may happen will be a surprise. (subject of the sentence)He knew whatever may happen would be a surprise. (direct object of the verb 'knew')
Yes it can. A subject complement follows a linking verb and modifies or refers to the subject. A subject complement may be a noun or a pronoun (predicate nominative) or an adjective (predicate adjective). Example subject complements:predicate nominative, noun: Jack is the winner.predicate nominative, pronoun: The winner is someone I know. The winner is you.predicate adjective: The winner was beautiful.
The clause 'that the coach recommended' may be an adjective clause, as it begins with a relative pronoun (that) and modifies a noun such as plan, or strategy, or program.(* It might also be part of a noun clause if used as the subject of a sentence, such as That the coach recommended a new plan seemed strange.)
When someone calls on the phone and asks "Is Greg there?", I may answer "This is he." The "he" in that example is a subject complement (note "complement" spelled with "e" after "l", not "i"). "Complement" is a grammatical term for a word or phrase that completes some phrase (and complements the head of that phrase). In the preceding example, "he" completes the verb phrase, or predicate, "is he". "He" refers to the subject "this" and is also the subject form of the pronoun (as against the object form "him"), so I guess that's why it's called a "subject" complement, though, I admit, this part of the terminology is not completely clear to me. It might also make sense to call that "he" a "subjective complement of be".
A sentence may have no complement at all.A complement is a noun (or adjective) that follows a linking verb and renames the subject, a subject complement.When the noun (or adjective) follows the direct object and it tells what the direct object has become, it is the object complement.If you are not using a linking verb and you are not describing the object of the verb, the sentence has no complement.
It may but it is not necessary.
A clause is a group of words having a subject and a verb.A sentence is a group of words having a subject and a verb and expressing a complete thought. A clause may or may not be able to stand on its own as a sentence.Here's a clause: "While Maria was waiting for the bus." It's a dependent clause-- the subject is "Maria" and the verb is "was waiting." But it's not a complete thought-- what happened while she was waiting? Here's a complete sentence: "While Maria was waiting for the bus, her cousin drove by and offered her a ride."A group of words that contain a subject and a verb is a sentence.
The subordinate clause functions as a complex clause element and is introduced by a subordinator relevant for the type of the sentence. Subordinate clause contains either a finite or non-finite verb and within its structure it is possible to detect clause elements( Subject and predication).Although a phrase (NP, PP, Adj or AdvP may function even VPs) may function as a sentence element, it does not contain a finite verb.Mary said that the meeting would be held on Wednesday.Bold= nominal that clause functioning as a direct object."the meeting"-Noun phrase(NP) functioning as a subject of the subordinate clause"on Wednesday"-prepositional phrase(PP) that functions as an adjunct of time (A) in the subordinate that clause.