Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford guide to english grammar part 51', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 33 NOUN CLAUSES 3 The pattern That we haven t any money is a pity We sometimes use a noun clause as subject. That everyone got back safely was a great relief. Which route would be best isn t obvious. But it is more usual to use Pattern 4. We do not leave out that when the clause is the subject. NOT Everyone got back safely was a great relief. NOTE We can use whether but not if when the clause is the subject. Whether I ll be able to come depends on a number of things. 4 The pattern It s a pity that we haven t any money We often use the empty subject it. 50 5 It was a great relief that everyone got back safely. It isn t obvious which route would be best. It s hard to say if whether it s going to rain or not . It s nice that you ve got some time offwork. NOTE a We can also use thefact that or the idea that. Thefact that everyone got back safely was a great relief. b For it as empty object 50 5b . I thought it obvious which route would be best. c For it with seem happen etc 50 5c . It seems that I ve made a mistake. d For the passive pattern It was decided that we should take this route H09. 5 The pattern I m interested in how we can earn some money A wh-clause or whether can come after a preposition. The government is looking into what needs to be done. He made no comment on whether a decision had been reached. We cannot use if. We cannot use a that-clause after a preposition. Compare these sentences. No one told me about Nicola s illness about Nicola being ill. No one told me that Nicola was ill. NOTE Sometimes we can leave out the preposition. I was surprised at how cold it was. There s the question of whether we should sign theform. Other expressions are to ask about aware of to care about certain of about conscious of curious about to decide on about a decision on about to depend on to inquire about an inquiry about to report on about sure of about to think of about to wonder about . But with some expressions we cannot leave out the preposition. There was a .
