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Whatever is left can be given away.

Initially this seems like a complete sentence, but it seems odd to me that the verb phase involving "is" is used as a subject. Could someone explain why or why not this is correct?

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"Whatever is left" is a noun clause with Subject-Verb-Complement order. That clause serves as the subject of the independent clause that has "can be given" as its verb.

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