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I know /who I saw last night/.
 
Undoubtedly, what I call a 'wh-sentence' can fill the object slot in this
sentence. The following items can, too. Therefore I call these items
'wh-sentences'. Thus 'Jack' is a wh-sentence.
 
If you don't agree let's start with this:
 
I know /about it.
 
'about it' is traditionally called a 'prepositional phrase'. As the items
below can all be in the same spot, I call them all 'prepositional phrases'.
'Jack' then is a prepositional phrase.
 
that he did it
her
about it
he did it
if he saw her
whether everybody is ok
Jack
 
What I mean to say - why take 'Jack' of all things as a starting-point and
then call everything else 'nouns'?
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