Scott, Structurally, it has more in common with a noun clause than it does with an adverb clause or relative clause. The "that" is not acting like a relative pronoun; I know Herb will say that's true in relative clauses as well, but here there's not even a possibility of that. The "that" just marks the clause as a complement. My solution would be to call it a complement rather than a modifier. Here are a few somewhat parallel sentences that show these clauses in noun clause slots and then adjective complement slots. I hope that you will be here. I'm hopeful that you will be here. I fear that you will be hear. I am afraid that you will be here. This means that some clauses often thought of as relative might be better thought of as appositional. (My fear that you will be here.)> Note that infinitives often act as complements in the same slot. "I am happy to be here. I'm sad to see you go." That's how I would explain it to you; I'm not sure how carefully to make that distinction for students. If your students know the difference between a complement and a modifier, it wouldn't be hard. If that distinction is worth making, it's worth expanding out. Otherwise, you may be risking confusion. Craig Quirk et al call it a that-clause modifying an adjective. I always have > a hard time calling clauses that begin with 'that' adverb clauses, but > then I'm stuck for a name. A friend of mine just calls them subordinate > clauses. > > > > Janet Castilleja > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Woods > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: What kind of clause is this? > > > > What kind of clause is the underlined part below? I think it is an > adverbial clause modifying happy. Is this reasonable? Are there other > reasonable analyses? > > > > The boy was very happy that his mother did not see him being such a pig. > > > > Thanks, > > Scott Woods > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface > at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/