curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-clarify-misunderstandings/67e7e417289c764dbfc5202e.md
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
Think of it as wrapping code to limit BLANK other parts can see.
what
This word is used to introduce a noun clause, which explains the thing that is being limited or restricted in this context.
In the phrase limit what other parts can see, what introduces a noun clause, which serves as the object of limit.
A noun clause is a clause that acts as a noun within a sentence. It can function as the object or the subject of a sentence. It usually starts with words like that, what, whether, who, when, why, how, etc.
Noun clauses use normal statement word order (not question order). For example:
The team is checking why the system crashed during the update. - Why the system crashed during the update is the noun clause acting as the object of checking.
What the function returns depends on the input data. - What the function returns is a noun clause acting as the subject of depends on.
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"character": "Sophie",
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{
"character": "Sophie",
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"dialogue": {
"text": "Think of it as wrapping code to limit what other parts can see.",
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