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
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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 |
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