Definition of object clause

An object clause refers to a clause that acts as an object after verbs, prepositions and other parts of speech.

A complete sentence must have three components: subject, predicate and object, in which the subject is the initiator of the action, the predicate is the statement or explanation of the subject's action state or characteristics, and the object is the receiver of the action. The object clause is to use a complete sentence instead of a word as the object. There are three main types of object clauses, namely, verbs, prepositions and adjectives. The standard of this classification is the part of speech before the object clause. When the word before the object clause is a verb, this clause is the object clause of the verb. When the word before the object clause is a preposition, this clause is the object clause of the preposition; When the word before the object clause is a verb, this clause is the object clause of an adjective.

The word order of the object clause must be a declarative word order, which makes the object clause meaningless in the sentence and does not act as a conjunction of sentence components, and can generally be omitted in spoken English.

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The following contents are for reference: 360 Encyclopedia-Object Clause