2014-11-18 Structure: noun clauses

Greg Malivuk
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p. 156
overall: in total; in summary
inclination: desire, motivation
"I'm not inclined to help you." = I don't have much desire to help you.
luxurious: fancy, very high-class, high-quality

p. 158 exercise B
1 F - a spirit of one-upmanship
2 T
3 F - she was bothered by it
4 F - she said there was nothing that she needed
5 T
6 T
7 T
8 F - She thought it was a chicken and ate it.
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noun: place, person, thing
clause: some words including a subject and verb
NOUN CLAUSE: a clause that functions as a noun
(adverb clause: a clause that functions as an adverb)
(adjective clause: a clause that functions as an adjective)

This is the restaurant where we ate last night.
     adjective clause: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(gives information about the noun "restaurant")

Do you remember where we ate last night?
   noun clause: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(it's the object of the verb "remember")
Do you remember the place?

Where we ate last night was delicious.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - subject of the sentence

Tell me about where you ate last night.
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - obj. of "about"

My favorite place is where we ate last night.
 subject complement: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(Where we ate last night is my favorite place.)

(a little different, because we can't use nouns like this):
It's amusing that she ate the bird.
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - adjective complement
(That she ate the bird is amusing.)
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I know that that girl is in my class.
I know that that had had water in it before.
I know that that "that" had had "had" after it.
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Statements (positive and negative) have no missing information: use "that"

Questions with missing information: use a question word

Questions with missing + or -: use "if" or "whether"
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I don't know where you live.
I don't know if you live here.
I don't know whether you live at 35 Baker St.

Whether you live here or not is important.
(Can't use "if" when it's the subject.)

I'm confused about whether he was there or not.
(Can't use "if" when it's after a preposition.)
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Where is the bank?
Could you tell me where the bank is?
I was wondering if you could tell me where the bank is.
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She told me that she lived at 35 Baker St.
She told me where she lived.
Please tell me whether she lives here.
She told me to close the door. (order: "Close the door.")
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p. 163 exercise 2: complete the story with information from the conversation
2 what the name of the nearest town was
  (the name of the nearest town)
3 whether/if I could borrow his cell phone
4 if there were any towing companies nearby
  if any towing companies were nearby
5 if he knew
6 how long he had lived (before the time I asked him, so we use past perfect)
7 what his name was
8 if he knew anything at all
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Homework: p. 167 and p. 172