Timeline for "I like it that" vs. "I like that"
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 23:34 | comment | added | wchargin |
These sites (DeAnza college, University of Pittsburgh, Portland Community College) are the top three Google results for noun clause with that site:edu and all demonstrate the same structure. Wikipedia agrees, as does Dictionary.com. It's simply the definition. What do you think a noun clause is?
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| Jan 14, 2014 at 19:21 | comment | added | P Elliott | @WChargin What makes you think that you speak French is a noun clause? It doesn't pattern with noun clauses generally. I think that the correct answer here is that like is undergoing a meaning-shift in English, and many speakers (including myself) find it fully acceptable, if informal, with a that-clause complement. | |
| Dec 16, 2013 at 5:49 | comment | added | 243 | Thank you for the comment. Theoretically, you are right. "I like that-clause" might be acceptable but informal. | |
| Dec 15, 2013 at 21:22 | comment | added | wchargin | Wouldn't "that you speak French" be a noun clause, and so the sentence would be "I like [noun]," which is certainly correct? | |
| Nov 15, 2013 at 6:18 | history | edited | 243 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2013 at 12:10 | history | answered | 243 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |