• In grammar, a content clause is a dependent clause that provides content implied or commented upon by an independent clause. The term was coined by Danish...
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  • clauses are content clauses: a. the claim that he was going to change it – Argument clause that provides the content of a noun (i.e. content clause)...
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  • include content clauses, relative clauses, adverbial clauses, and clauses that complement an independent clause in the subjunctive mood. A content clause, also...
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    This article describes the syntax of clauses in the English language, chiefly in Modern English. A clause is often said to be the smallest grammatical...
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    how. Whether is always a subordinator. It marks closed interrogative content clauses such as I wonder whether this would work. It is often possible to substitute...
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  • (abbreviated CONJ or CNJ) is a part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses, which are called its conjuncts. That description is vague enough to overlap...
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    promoting the subject of the content clause to the subject of the main clause, and converting the content clause into a non-finite clause with the to-infinitive...
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  • expressed using a content clause or infinitival. When an instance of indirect discourse reports an earlier question, the embedded clause takes the form of...
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    Huddleston. "Content clauses and reported speech." Pp. 995–996. Chapter 11 of (Huddleston & Pullum 2002). Rodney Huddleston. "Content clauses and reported...
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  • of the English language. This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts. This article describes a generalized, present-day...
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  • What actually happened that was so entertaining? - Extraposition of content clause from subject wh-element a. %What that upset everyone do you think they...
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  • due to the procedure used to enact it or due to the content of its provisions. Entrenched clauses are, in some cases, seen as justified as protecting...
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  • clauses: main, embedded, and subordinate. Kashmiri (an Indo-Aryan language) has V2 in 'declarative content clauses' but VF order in relative clauses....
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  • relative clause, not the function performed by that clause within an external clause. The basic grammatical rules for the formation of relative clauses in English...
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    declarative content clause (She would rather (that) I went). They are PPIs: although I would rather not catch the virus (with negation of the clause that is...
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  • The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the...
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    Other complements may include prepositional phrases, non-finite clauses and content clauses, depending on the applicable verb pattern. These complements...
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    the Double Jeopardy Clause; the Self Incrimination Clause; the Due Process Clause; and, the Takings Clause. The Grand Jury Clause limits governmental...
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  • Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck. It is the third installment in The Santa Clause franchise...
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  • (abbreviated RELZ) is a type of conjunction that introduces a relative clause. For example, in English, the conjunction that may be considered a relativizer...
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    includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause. The Citizenship Clause broadly defines citizenship...
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    arbitration clause is a clause in a contract that requires the parties to resolve their disputes through an arbitration process. Although such a clause may or...
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  • A Due Process Clause is found in both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, which prohibit the deprivation of "life, liberty...
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  • The Santa Clauses is an American Christmas fantasy comedy television series created by Jack Burditt for Disney+ and based on The Santa Clause film series...
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    think, say, know, and guess appear relatively less commonly with a content clause complement (e.g. I think that it's OK.) in written English than in spoken...
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  • The Bremen clause (German: Bremer Klausel) is Article 141 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany. The clause states: Artikel 7 Abs. 3 Satz...
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    "the poor", on the virtue of replacing the familiar term noun clause with content clause, on whether can, must, shall, etc are verbs, and more. His objection...
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    Amendment to states—a process known as incorporation—through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), the...
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    another information content provider." This clause effectively provides a general immunity for websites that host user-generated content that is defamatory...
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  • An interrogative clause is a clause whose form is typically associated with question-like meanings. For instance, the English sentence "Is Hannah sick...
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