Part 97 (2/2)

In the following sentences the noun clauses are printed in italics

Determine whether they are used as the subject, or object of the verb, as predicate complement, in apposition, or as the object of a preposition

1 The fact is _that I was not listening_

2 _Whatever King Midas looked upon_ turned to gold

3 He acknowledged _e had suspected_

4 We will never knohat the real situation was_

5 The fact _that the wage is insufficient_ can be easily proved

6 He replied to _what had been asked_

7 The clai to riot_

8 The law _that labor unions are in restraint of trade_ was upheld

9 _That we cannot win by compromise_ is readily apparent

10 Labor demands _that it shall have its full product_

11 _Whoever controls education_ controls the future

12 He came to _where the militia was in ca noun clauses used:

1 As the subject of a verb

2 As the object of a verb

3 As a predicate complement

4 In apposition

5 As the object of a preposition

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

+446+ A dependent clause in a complex sentence may also be an adjective clause

+An adjective clause is a clause used as an adjective+, and, hence, always modifies a noun or some word used as a noun, such as a pronoun or a participle In Lesson 22, we studied adjective clauses and found that they could be introduced by the relative pronouns, _who_, _which_, _that_ and _as_, and also by conjunctions such as, _when_, _where_, _whither_, _whence_, etc An adjective clause may modify any noun or any word used as a noun in the sentence

1 +An adjective clause may modify the subject+, thus:

Men _who have becoood soldiers

In this sentence the clause, _who have become class-conscious_, modifies the noun _men_, and is introduced by the relative pronoun _who_

2 +An adjective clause may modify the noun which is the object of the verb+, as: