NOUN CLAUSE AS SUBJECT AND OBJECT

NOUN CLAUSE

Noun Clause adalah klausa yang berpungsi sebagai nomina. Karena pungsinya sebagai nomina, maka noun clause dapat menduduki posi-posi berikut: 
  

Subject of sentence (subjek kalimat)

2.      Object of a transitive verb (objek verba transitif)

3.      Object of preposition (objek preposisi)

4.      Complement (pelengkap)

5.      Noun in apposition (pemberi keterangan tambahan)

Untuk lebih jelasnya, perhatikan contoh-contoh di bawah ini:
Noun clause as subject of sentence
Contoh:
- How he becomes so rich make people curious.
- What the salesman has said is untrue.
- That the world is round is a fact.
- What you said doesn’t convince me at all.

Noun clause as object of transitive
Contoh:
- I know what you mean.
- I don’t understand what she is talking about.
- He said that his son would study in America.

Verba yang dapat diikuti oleh noun clause, dalam hal ini that-clause antara lain adalah:

 

admit realize announce recommend believe remember deny reveal expect say see forget stipulate hear suggest inform suppose know think promise understand propose wish

Mengakui menyadari mengumumkan menganjurkan percaya ingat menyangkal menyatakan mengharapkan mengatakan melihat lupa menetapkan mendengar menganjurkan memberitahukan mengira mengetahui, tahu pikir, berpendapat berjanji mengerti mengusulkan ingin, berharap

Noun clause as object of preposition

Contoh:

- Be careful of what you're doing.

- Please listen to what your teacher is saying

Noun clause as complement 

Contoh:

- This is what I want.

- That is what you need.

Noun clause as noun in apposition

Contoh:

- The fact that Rudi always comes late doesn't surprise me.

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