Question

I have to underline the dependent clause and tell whether it is an adjective, adverb, or noun. Can you help me with the following.

If you sit down with a novel and a dictionary, you can refer to the dictionary often.

Still what morph means remains the critical question.

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Ms. Sue
If you sit down with a novel and a dictionary, you can refer to the dictionary often.

Dependent clause: If you sit down with a novel and a dictionary

Adverb clause modifying the verb, "can refer."


Emily
In the sentence still what morph means remains the critical question.

Is the dependent clause still what morph means?

Is it an adverb describing the clause remains?
Ms. Sue
Dependent clause: what morph means

Noun clause used as the subject of the verb "remains."

Emily
I am really not understanding this at all.

How a word begins and ends often gives clues to its meaning.

Dependent Claus how a word begins and ends.

Adverb modifying what it gives?
Ms. Sue
No.

What is the subject of the verb, "gives"?

The obvious answer is the dependent clause: How a word begins and ends

Study this site carefully. Note that it refers to noun clauses as nominal clauses.

http://www.towson.edu/ows/advadjnomclause.htm


Emily
The subject of the word gives is the dependent Claus?
Ms. Sue
Yes, in this sentence, that is true.
Emily
In these two I am torn between adverb and noun.

If all else fails, go to the dictionary.

If you are familiar with the word metamorphosis, you might figure out the meaning of morph from that word.

The top one noun?

The bottom one adverb?

Ms. Sue
Both of those are adverb clauses.

Note that the subject of the verb, "go" is the understood subject (you).

Emily
Thanks.

How about this one.
For example, since amorphous ends in ous, it is probably an adjective.

Dependent Claus since amorphous ends in ous,
Adverb?
Ms. Sue
I disagree. It's an adjective clause modifying the noun, "adjective."
Emily
You might combine bits of information, that you have so far with the context.

Dependent Claus that you have so far.
Adjective that describes information?
Ms. Sue
Right!

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