A subordinate or dependent clause that acts as a noun is called a noun (or substantive) clause. When a simple noun is not enough to represent a person, place, thing, or idea, we use a noun clause.
A noun clause usually begins with a relative pronoun such as who, whom, whose, which, what, that, whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever.
It can also begin with the subordinating conjunctions ( also known as interrogative adverbs) "how," "when," "where," "whether," "why" and the conjunction “if”.
A noun clause can be used as the subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition, subject complement, object complement, appositive, adjective complement.
Examples are given.
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