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I recently came across a sentence in an academic text that was similar in structure to "I eat what is considered healthy." I interpreted the grammar as "what is considered healthy" being a noun clause. Someone then pointed out to me that a clause needs a subject and verb, and "what" should be the subordinator, not the subject.



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    The clause contains a verb ("is") and a subject ("what"). What is the problem?

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    There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

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I recently came across a sentence in an academic text that was similar in structure to "I eat what is considered healthy." I interpreted the grammar as "what is considered healthy" being a noun clause. Someone then pointed out to me that a clause needs a subject and verb, and "what" should be the subordinator, not the subject.



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    There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

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I recently came across a sentence in an academic text that was similar in structure to "I eat what is considered healthy." I interpreted the grammar as "what is considered healthy" being a noun clause. Someone then pointed out to me that a clause needs a subject and verb, and "what" should be the subordinator, not the subject.



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I recently came across a sentence in an academic text that was similar in structure to "I eat what is considered healthy." I interpreted the grammar as "what is considered healthy" being a noun clause. Someone then pointed out to me that a clause needs a subject and verb, and "what" should be the subordinator, not the subject.



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    The clause contains a verb ("is") and a subject ("what"). What is the problem?

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    There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

    – John Lawler
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    The clause contains a verb ("is") and a subject ("what"). What is the problem?

    – Acccumulation
    3 hours ago






  • 1





    There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

    – John Lawler
    2 hours ago








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The clause contains a verb ("is") and a subject ("what"). What is the problem?

– Acccumulation
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The clause contains a verb ("is") and a subject ("what"). What is the problem?

– Acccumulation
3 hours ago




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There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

– John Lawler
2 hours ago





There are four main types of noun complement clauses: infinitives, gerunds, that-clauses, and wh-clauses (also known as embedded questions or headless relatives). What is considered healthy is a wh-clause functioning as the direct object of eat. As a clause, it has a subject (what) and a verb (is considered).

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    "what is considered healthy" is a nominal relative clause, as it can be broken down into:




    • the things (noun phrase) that are considered healthy (relative clause), or


    • any food (noun phrase) that is considered healthy (relative clause)







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              "what is considered healthy" is a nominal relative clause, as it can be broken down into:




              • the things (noun phrase) that are considered healthy (relative clause), or


              • any food (noun phrase) that is considered healthy (relative clause)







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