all serving as the noun introduced by “is.” A clause introduced by “that” can sometimes be a noun. Think about the sentence “That you love me is all I need to know.” The subject of the ...

There are two types of relative clauses: defining relative clauses (specify which noun we are talking about) and non-defining relative clauses (add extra, non-essential, information to a noun.

An essential relative clause provides necessary, defining information about the noun. On the other hand, non‐ essential relative clauses provide additional, non‐necessary information about the noun.

Last week’s column discussed the two general forms of noun clauses in English, namely finite noun clauses and nonfinite noun clauses. A finite noun clause is a subordinate clause in which the ...

Is there any rule governing noun + to-infinitive? Many thanks. There is no rule as such. All we can say is that the to-infinitive clause is used after certain abstract nouns to show what action ...

There are two types of relative clauses: defining relative clauses (specify which noun we are talking about) and non-defining relative clauses (add extra, non-essential, information to a noun.

How many kinds of noun clauses are there in English? A Russian member of Jose Carillo’s English Forum who goes by the username Ivan Ivanov asked me this question recently, observing that as far as he ...