Friday, November 16, 2012

Subordinate Clauses in Complex Sentences

     The subordinate clause in a complex sentence my be a noun clauses, an adjectival clause, or an adverbial clause.

     Noun Clause
     A noun clause may be used as the subject of the sentence, the predicate noun of a verb, or as the direct object of a verb.
     Here are some noun clauses used as:

     1. Subject of a sentence.
        That man is unjust is a fact.
        That President Quezon loved his country is beyond doubt.
        That Rizal could have saved himself and did not proved his devotion to duty.
        That knowledge is power  cannot be denied.

     2. Predicate Noun 
         "Life is what we make it".

         Rizal's martyrdom was what the Filipinos needed to stir them to consciousness.
         This outcome was what i expected. 
         The United Nations was what the world needed then to promote brotherhood.

      3. Direct object of a verb
          We all know that death  is  inevitable.


OBJECT OF PREPOSITION

     The preposition shows the relationship between its object and some other word or words in the sentences.

                            shade of a tree
                            water in the bucket
                            rain on the roof


APPOSITIVE

     A noun is in the objective case if it is in appositive with another noun in the objective case.
     He arrested Vic, the politician's son.
     The wedding quest listened to the Doctor, and old man.