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What is the use of this capitalized noun clause:

THAT I WAS IN A HURRY was no excuse for my rudeness
Subject
Subject complement
Direct object

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The correct answer is 'subject'. You can tell what the subject of a sentence is by asking yourself what the verb is referring to. In this case, the verb, 'was', is saying that 'That I was in a hurry' was no excuse, so it must be a subject.

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