Hi Scott,

The clause you're referring to (that it was coming) is a noun clause.  As you may know, noun clauses act like nouns or noun phrases in that they can be in object or subject position.  In this case, your noun clause is the object of the sentence.  It is "what" everyone agreed.   The prepositional phrase (with him) would also stem or tree off of --to use sentence diagramming terms-- the verb (agreed).  As with any syntactic analysis, there can be numerous detailed interpretations and taxonomies, but I hope this basic approach helps answer your question.

All the best,

Til



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Subject: grammar question "agreed" + clause

Dear List,

How would you analyze the following sentence, especially regarding the clause "that it was coming"?

"Everyone agreed with him that it was coming."

Thanks,

Scott Woods



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