The complex sentence with an appositive (content) clause
§ 156. An appositive clause may be introduced by conjunctions (that, if, whether, as if, as though), conjunctive pronouns and adverbs (why, how). They are not separated by a comma and cannot be joined asyndetically.
Unlike an apposition in a simple sentence, which usually gives another name to the person or thing designated by the antecedent, an appositive clause discloses the meaning of a noun (which is also called the antecedent) with a very general meaning, such as:, thing, reason, point, moral, comment, remark, probability, idea, fact, consequence, feature, etc. The following sentences can be given as examples:
The question whether it was he or his enemy was hotly discussed.
She had a strange sensation as if something had happened.
Andrew had a warm desire that the conversation might continue.
The question how and why those people got the information still worried him.
Appositive clauses may refer to a whole clause.
Cecilia at once notedwhat Stephen in his preoccupation had not that Hilary had come to tell them
something.
She said it had only convinced her ofwhat she had known from the first, that the creature had low taste.
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