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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 linguist Otto Jespersen. Content clauses are also known as noun clauses.

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Content clause

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Content clauses are also known as noun clauses. In English, there are two main kinds of content clauses: declarative content clauses (or that-clauses)...

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Clause

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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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English clause syntax

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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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Dependent 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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English subordinators

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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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Indirect speech

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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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V2 word order

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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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English modal auxiliary verbs

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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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English passive voice

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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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Commerce Clause

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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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Entrenched clause

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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, justified as protecting the rights...

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English grammar

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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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English subjunctive

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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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Arbitration clause

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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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Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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the Double Jeopardy Clause; the Self Incrimination Clause; the Due Process Clause; and, the Takings Clause. The Grand Jury Clause is limiting governmental...

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Question

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questions (also called interrogative content clauses), such as where my keys are. These are used as subordinate clauses in sentences such as "I wonder where...

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Extraposition

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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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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

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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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Scope clause

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A scope clause is part of a contract between a major airline and the trade union of its pilots that limits the number and size of aircraft that may be...

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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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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Relativizer

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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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English verbs

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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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English 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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Against DRM license

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first free content license that contains a clause about related rights and a clause against digital rights management (DRM). The first clause authorizes...

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Postal Clause

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Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, known as the Postal Clause or the Postal Power, empowers Congress "To establish Post...

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