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How do you change a noun phrase into a noun clause?

How do you change a noun phrase into a noun clause?

Replace noun phrase with noun clause

  1. No one can guess the time of his arrival.
  2. I predict a change in the weather.
  3. I heard of his success.
  4. Nobody knows the reason of his failure.
  5. The jury believed the man guilty.
  6. The doctors expect an improvement in his health.
  7. I know him to be trustworthy.
  8. He confessed his guilt.

What is the difference between a noun clause and a noun phrase?

A noun clause functions as a noun in a sentence. It follows a linking or copular verb to describe or modify the subject of the sentence. Unlike noun phrases, noun clauses contain both a subject and a verb.

What are clauses and phrases?

DEFINITION OF CLAUSE AND PHRASE: A clause is a group of words with a subject-verb unit; the 2nd group of words contains the subject-verb unit the bus goes, so it is a clause. A phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb unit.

What is the difference between a noun clause and a noun phrase? | Socratic A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals, but it does not have a subject doing a verb. A clause is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb. Examples are here: https://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/gram_clauses_n_phrases.html

Which is the head word of a noun phrase?

A noun phrase is a unified group of words that has a noun as a head word. The group may have modifying words before the noun and modifying prepositional phrases or restrictive, defining relative clauses after the noun. A noun phrase may also be a single noun.

Can a noun be the subject of a sentence?

Noun clauses can operate just the same as an ordinary noun would. This means they can be the subject of a sentence, the direct object of a verb, or the object of a preposition. Below we have outlined some of the more popular ways you will see noun clauses in sentences.

How are noun phrases introduced in a sentence?

They can be introduced by any “who” form: who, whom, whose, who’s, or by if/whether. Very often, they are introduced by “that,” which indicates a restrictive/defining clause (a clause that can not be omitted from the logical message of the sentence).