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Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door. (Harry Potter)

Do you call the that-clause as an adverbial clause, or a noun clause in apposition with the previous noun? If you call it an adverbial one, what dowould you say it modifymodifies?

Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door. (Harry Potter)

Do you call the that-clause as an adverbial clause, or a noun clause in apposition with the previous noun? If you call it an adverbial one, what do you say it modify?

Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door. (Harry Potter)

Do you call the that-clause as an adverbial clause, or a noun clause in apposition with the previous noun? If you call it an adverbial one, what would you say it modifies?

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Is this an adverbial or a noun clause?

Yet the days crept by, and there could be no doubt that Fluffy was still alive and well behind the locked door. (Harry Potter)

Do you call the that-clause as an adverbial clause, or a noun clause in apposition with the previous noun? If you call it an adverbial one, what do you say it modify?