Identify the function of the italicized noun clause in the following sentence:

ms. sampson would not accept my excuse that the bus had broken down.

Ms. Sampson would not accept my excuse that the bus had broken down

Explanation:

Identify the function of the italicized noun clause in the following sentence:

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

after i had a fight with my girlfriend, ben advised me to apologise.

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