Question
He is proud that he is rich.
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What is the part of speech of 'that he is rich'? Is it an adverbial clasue? Or is 'of' omitted before 'that'?
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What is the part of speech of 'that he is rich'? Is it an adverbial clasue? Or is 'of' omitted before 'that'?
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Writeacher
"that he is rich" is a noun clause, but for the life of me, I can't remember what this construction is called!
If you want to consider "of" omitted, then this noun cause could be called the object of the understood preposition.
Go here -- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#dependent -- and read about noun clauses and the examples given.
If you want to consider "of" omitted, then this noun cause could be called the object of the understood preposition.
Go here -- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm#dependent -- and read about noun clauses and the examples given.