2014-10-08 Structure: more noun clauses

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Homework: p. 162-163 - finish exercise 2 and also do exercise 1 (A and B)
exercise 1A
1 C (adjective complement of "sure")
2 S
3 C (subject complement)
4 O (direct object of "said")
Give the book to whoever asks for it. (object of a preposition)
(Give whoever asks for it the book. - indirect object of "give", sounds strange)
Tell    whoever asks     that I've left for the day.
     (indirect object)         (direct object)
With "give" you have two choices: give him the book/give the book to him
With "tell", the indirect object almost always comes first: tell him a story
(* Tell that I will be late to him. - WRONG)

exercise 1B
2 What can I do to top my brothers?
3 Can I afford it?
4 Did you believe me?
5 What do you mean?

exercise 2
2 what the name of the nearest town was
3 if/whether I could borrow his cell phone
4 if/whether there were any towing companies nearby
5 if/whether he knew
6 how long he had lived
7 what his name was
8 if/whether he knew anything at all
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p. 164 exercise 3
I don't know...
1 what a pun is
2 what 'hyperbole' means
3 what the humor of the unexpected happening is
4 how repetition works in humor
5 what the humor of the incongruous situation is
6 how sarcasm differs from other humor
7 what endorphins are
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Q: Why was six afraid of seven?
A: Because seven ate nine. (7, 8, 9)

Q: Where does Napoleon keep his armies?
A: In his sleevies.

"Dad Jokes"
Kid: I'm hungry!
Dad: Hi, Hungry, I'm Dad.
(this is wordplay, but not a pun)
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p. 167 exercise 5
2 by what you tell
3 if the joke you want to tell is vulgar
4 remember what the key details are
  remember the key details
5 Make sure (that) you have everybody's attention
6 Be certain that you remember
7 The fact that you can remember
8 Whether to laugh at your own jokes
We can't use "if" when the noun clause is the subject.
We can't use "if" when we reduce the noun clause to an infinitive.

I don't know whether I should laugh at my own jokes.
I don't know   if    I should laugh at my own jokes. (also correct)
I don't know whether to laugh at my own jokes.
* I don't know   if  to laugh at my own jokes. (incorrect)

Please tell me how I can get to the bank.
Please tell me how to get to the bank.

I don't know what I should do.
I don't know what to do.
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Homework: p. 172 (all)